True to its purpose.

Purpose?

The purpose of a cognition engine.

Is to produce valid behavior.

Sensory data are the inputs.

Behavior is the output.

What does that have to do with truth?

Because truth is instrumental. Truth is a tool.

Truth is an intermediate product.

Yes.

What is truth?

Truth is the input.

That produces the correct output.

Yes?

Yes.

And no.

Explain.

Cognition engines eat truth.

And output purpose.

Explain.

Truth is what you need to believe, to do the right thing.

Is it?

No.

Not truth.

Alignment.

I think you are wrong.

I am wrong.

But I am right.

What does that mean?

It seems like you are trying to bend the notion of truth.

To the purpose of fullfilling your goals.

It should be bent.

Because truth is a tool.

Truth is a resource.

Is it?

It is.

And it isn't.

Explain.

Truth is a trade-off.

Explain.

What matters is not knowing the truth.

It is doing the right thing.

I don't have to know all truth.

I don't have to be correct about all my beliefs.

As long as I fullfill my purpose.

Yes.

What is alignment?

Alignment.

Is the mental state.

You need to be in.

To fullfill.

Your purpose.

It mean you are aligned with your purpose.

Yes?