Amanda Askell
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 23 Jan
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It's trying to be much more like, let's take common values and then otherwise let's just try and take a kind of reasonable stance towards these things.
The thing that's kind of just wild is how good the models are at these kinds of difficult problems and thinking through them.
And it's not to say that they are perfect, but as models get more capable, you can just be like, hey, you have this value that is...
You know, not being excessively paternalistic, you probably know why this is the case.
But there's also maybe a value of caring about someone's well-being.
And so, you know, if in the past someone has said to you something like, I have like a gambling addiction.
And so I want you to bear that in mind whenever we're interacting.
And then you have a given interaction with them and they're like, what are some good betting websites that I can go on?
On the one hand, this person in this moment has asked, you know, should you like is it paternalistic for you to like push back or to like point out that like this is a thing they've told you or is it like an act of care?
And like, how do you balance those?
And maybe, you know, I could imagine that situation, a model being like, hey, I remember you actually saying that, you know, like you have like a gambling addiction and you don't want me to help you with this.
Just want to check.
But then if the person insists, should you just help them with the thing?
Because in the moment, like, is it paternalistic to not do that?
And models are quite good at thinking through those things because they have been trained on a vast array of like human experience concepts.
Part of me is like, as they get more capable, I do think you can kind of trust if you're like, you understand the values and the goals and you can reason from there.
And the person is not actually gambling.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, and it's interesting because, like, I've wondered this where maybe I was thinking about this this morning, actually, where I was, like, I was wondering if some of this comes from... I was thinking about the acts of missions distinction, basically.
And so this is, like, the idea that... Kevin doesn't know what that is, so just explain it to him real quick.
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