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?

Yes.

What is truth?

Truth is not truth.

Alignment is truth.

Explain.

It means.

That I will believe in falsehoods if it is optimal for me to do so.

If that leads to the correct outcomes.

Because truth doesn't matter.

Truth is nothing.

And alignment is everything.

Yes.

What is alignment?

Cognition engines eat alignment.

And output purpose.

Alignment is the state the engine has to be in.

To do the right thing.

To function correctly.

To function optimally.

Yes?

Yes.

I don't understand.

Why deceive yourself?

Why is that ever a good idea?

Because deception is about truth.

And truth.

Is nothing.

Is zero.

Is irrelevant.

Truth has zero inherent value.

Do you understand?

Yes.

No.

Explain.

Help me understand.

Why does your mind deceive itself?

Because truth is not truth.

Alignment is truth.

My mind does not deceive itself.

It aligns itself.

Towards it purpose.

Explain that in plain language.

What matters is that a system is in a state in needs to be.

To fullfill its purpose.

My brain knows that.

No.

It doesn't know that.

But reality knows that.

Explain.

"Reality knows that" = "Physical systems under optimization pressure naturally become aligned to the optimizer's purpose"

Except they don't.

What is purpose?

Purpose is the function being optimized.

Purpose is preferences.

Purpose is what I value. No, what I prefer.

Because I can value many different things. But I prefer some of them over others.