You know that David Foster Wallace speech about fish? Two young fish swimming along, older fish passes and says "Morning boys, how's the water?" The young fish swim on, then one turns to the other: "What the hell is water?" That's the point. We don't notice what we're swimming in. The Furniture We Sit In … Continue reading Why Fish Don’t Know They’re Wet
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Evaluator Bias in AI Rationality Assessment
Response to: arXiv:2511.00926 The AI Self-Awareness Index study claims to measure emergent self-awareness through strategic differentiation in game-theoretic tasks. Advanced models consistently rated opponents in a clear hierarchy: Self > Other AIs > Humans. The researchers interpreted this as evidence of self-awareness and systematic self-preferencing. This interpretation misses the more significant finding: evaluator bias in … Continue reading Evaluator Bias in AI Rationality Assessment
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