Children are the best analogy for how to think about post-human intelligence: parents should teach them the best values they know, but then must let them go and accept that they will do things parents don't approve of, including things that represent real moral improvement over parental views.

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Richard Sutton

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I think the best analogy is children... you have to let go... they do things that you think are terrible

Source

Richard Sutton - Humanity Never Had Control in the First Place (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 2)The Trajectory with Dan Faggella
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:16:37 PM

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