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The post “Alexander and Yudkowsky on AGI goals” (2023-01-24) contests Y05. Answering a question about whether AIs will internalise prohibitions the way most children do, he argues that children's moral learning relies on innate human mechanisms that AI training does not reproduce. Copy claim link
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Date 2023-01-24 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that AI training will instil values the way upbringing instils morals in children. Scope and limits Premise addressed: AI training will instil values the way upbringing instils morals in children. The quotation is a turn attributed to Yudkowsky in a dialogue. Two-author dialogue post (primary author Scott Alexander), described as a lightly edited transcript of a chat held the year before posting (2023-01-24). Only Yudkowsky's turn is quoted. Lightly edited transcript of a conversation held before the posting date; the date shown is the publication date.
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Alexander and Yudkowsky on AGI goals ↗ LessWrong · 2023-01-24
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Source excerpt “If AI is built on anything like the present paradigm, or on future paradigms either really, you can't map that onto the complicated particular mechanisms that get invoked by raising a human child, and expect the same result.” Location in source Alexander and Yudkowsky on AGI goals, section 1, [Yudkowsky][13:36]
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Source details and check notes Authors Scott Alexander; Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 3be0140f09cb16ea35ba143237ecda5eb86458f7168ff0a6bab0dd6237e345f3), content version 1.0.0. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Scott Alexander and Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Alexander and Yudkowsky on AGI goals”, LessWrong, 2023-01-24. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T05-d. The quotation (38 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 3be0140f09cb16ea35ba143237ecda5eb86458f7168ff0a6bab0dd6237e345f3) when checked on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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