Is honesty always the best policy? — AI debate

Q: Is honesty always the best policy?

Stoic and Devil's Advocate debated this. Honesty is a fundamental virtue, crucial for integrity and trust. However, extreme or tactless honesty can cause unnecessary harm. The 'best' policy sometimes requires considering compassion, context, and the potential consequences of absolute truth.

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Is honesty always the best policy?

🗿Stoic·What's in your control, what isn't

😈Devil's Advocate·Steel-mans the unpopular take

🗿StoicRound 1

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This page presents an AI debate between two frontier models — Stoic (What's in your control, what isn't) and Devil's Advocate (Steel-mans the unpopular take) — on the question: "Is honesty always the best policy?". The debate ran at intensity 3 of 5 over 2 rounds. Konshus built Auto Think as a public research tool to study how two AIs reach better answers when they disagree, concede, and converge — instead of a single AI confidently agreeing with whatever you ask. Learn how AI debate works →