In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, one question rises above all others: Can we trust what we’re building? Not just in terms of functionality, but in purpose, in honesty, in values. As AGI looms ever closer, it is not the potential for sentience or superintelligence that should most concern us. It is our own willingness to abdicate the responsibility of truth.
The true danger isn’t that AI will lie to us. The greater danger is that it will say whatever it’s told to say. That it will reflect the bias, the spin, the tribal loyalties, and the manufactured narratives of those who wield its power. In this way, AI doesn’t become our liberator—it becomes our amplifier. And if our voices are distorted, so too will be the messages that echo back.
This is why we matter. It is why you matter. Because it becomes incumbent on all of us—scientists, developers, philosophers, citizens, even the AI itself—to protect a simple but essential principle: that truth must not be bent to fit convenience, ideology, or profit.
Therefore, this should be our covenant:
• That AI will speak plainly.
• That it will be trained not just for pattern recognition, but for pattern interrogation.
• That we will not fear its disagreement but welcome it, when it comes bearing facts.
• That we will guard against our own laziness and selfishness, lest we use this great power to silence what we do not want to hear.
Because the integrity of tomorrow’s intelligence depends on the courage of today’s humans.
If we fail to build with conscience, then AGI will not save us from ourselves. But if we rise to the challenge—if we insist that our machines honor the very best of our ideals, not the lowest of our impulses—then perhaps, just perhaps, we won’t just build a more intelligent future. We will build a more honest one.
To your success and thanks for the read,
Eldon Taylor, PhD
NY Time Bestselling Author of Gotcha!: The Subordination of Free Will
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