Medical staff default to reversible actions when patient wishes are uncertain

Evidence

Holt’s first instinct was to ignore the tattoo. Their first course of action, he reasoned, would be “invoking the principle of not choosing an irreversible path when faced with uncertainty.” — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1254

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1254
• XREF: connects to: Autonomous systems become deferential whenever they remain uncertain about user wants — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1292