My friend Varun Godbole: The AI That Feels Good Wins.

2025-09-15 · Bits and Bobs 9/15/25

My friend Varun Godbole: The AI That Feels Good Wins.
- "When laypeople can't meaningfully evaluate model quality, they default to what feels best, creating dangerous incentives for labs to optimize for subjective satisfaction rather than genuine capability."
- The proxy of "feels good" for "is good" is what we fall back on when we don't know.

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