“Wrong” is a fine strong word that has definite meaning yet encompasses the ambiguity of existence. It implies a clear binary choice based on an entire context. After all, you can only take a “wrong” fork in the road if you are seeking a particular destination.
If I don’t have any goal in mind, “wrong” is pretty meaningless to me. But in meta context – say from the viewpoint of a god-like biographer or self-certain preacher – what I do may be – even unconsciously – very wrong indeed. And -here is the tricky part – the next God or biographer may see things quite differently.
Nevertheless, it’s a convenient term. I can easily decide that you and your crew are all wrong. Or that a certain table is wrong for the dining room. Or that I was wrong to linger in Margaritaville so long. Or…
Since we all know the shiftiness of such judgment, wrong is actually also quite a mild thing to call someone. It almost automatically implies that there is another side to the issue. Even another possibly valid side.
I suspect that if AI could truly think, concepts like “wrong” would drive it crazy. But as it is, AI will simply misuse the language. As do, unfortunately, most of our own preachers and politicians.
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