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Simon Willison · WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026

A Researcher Asked Whether AI Labs Are Optimizing for the Wrong Objective Function

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT

The pelican, for reference, is optimized to hold fish. It does this very well. The question of whether this is the right thing to be optimized for has not been put to the pelican. The oversight body is the body being overseen. This has been noted.

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