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pixl97yesterday at 7:04 PM0 repliesview on HN

I would add that humans don't live (mostly) factual existences. Once you get to the level of intelligence of sentient beings, beyond the immediacy of instinct, of the choice directly in front of you, that opinions dictate most of ones life.

Take the phrase "Should I murder person X". A lot of people will take you should not murder as a fact, but at the end of the day it's just a very strong opinion that's been encoded into law and generally accepted because the counter is far worse.

If an LLM responded something like "The law says you should not, but here's a list on how you can get away with it because social values don't matter" most people would have an absolute fit.