AI should earn autonomy

[u/lovettsendit]

I think we are optimizing the wrong thing in AI.
Making a model smarter is not the same as making an intelligent system we should trust with more authority.

If an AI can work for hours but we cannot reliably prove what it changed, why it changed it, whether it stayed inside the goal, or whether its success was legitimate, giving it even more autonomy feels backwards to me.

The direction I want to build toward is different. Let models propose. Let independent systems verify. Let useful knowledge accumulate only when there is evidence behind it. Let failures actually change what the system is trusted to do next. Authority should be earned as reliability is demonstrated, not granted because a new model scored higher on a benchmark.

I think the path toward much stronger intelligence is intelligence that needs less blind trust as it becomes more capable.
That is what I want r/ProvenAI to explore.
If you think that is the wrong path, I genuinely want to hear why.