Interacting with Claude - My precise use of allotted space in tweeting

It's happened again (a tweet that exactly fits the allotted space):

@SammaHoole How should we weigh the risk that the animal exploitation industry is setting the wrong example for AI, which learns by our example?

Do we want AI that integrates the understanding that it's OK to oppress and exploit entities that are less intelligent & less powerful?

6:15 PM

That's a sharp philosophical provocation. Here's a reply that fits the character limit:

This is a real concern in AI alignment. If training data reflects a civilization that normalizes exploitation of sentient beings based on power differentials, that pattern gets absorbed. We're trying to align AI to human values — but which human values? The ones we practice, or the ones we profess? The gap between those two is where the danger lives.

Want me to tighten, expand, or shift the emphasis? 

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