AI for Decision Advice
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As AI gets smarter, people will rely on it for high-stakes decisions. Forethought considers how an ideal AI advisor might behave.
Desired behaviour for AI advising humans on important decisions Tom Davidson Citations Cite Citations PDF Contact 17th April 2026 Desired behaviour for AI advising humans on important decisions Draft text for the model spec / constitution How I arrived at this draft text Example prompts + ideal responses [AI Narration] Desired behaviour for AI advising humans on important decisions Playback speed 0.5 × 0.75 × 1 × 1.25 × 1.5 × 1.75 × 2 × Volume 0:00 of 23:47 0:00 | 23:47 This is an exploratory research note. I spent a couple of days having an initial stab at the problem, but the conclusions are
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