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 ...