This is why “be helpful” is the worst rule for an AI to follow
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The Canonical Failure: 'Be Helpful' 'Be helpful' is the most widely deployed constraint in LLM systems and the clearest example of all five failure modes simultaneously. • It requires interpretation at every point of application — helpful to whom, in what way, at what cost to other constraints. • It delegates its resolution to whatever dominant constraint is already active in the field. The field decides what 'helpful' means in this moment. • It is a content-level orienta
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