It’s a Good Life

Six-year-old Anthony can read minds, alter reality, and banish critics to the cornfield. Terrified adults praise every act as 'good,' so the most powerful decision-maker receives only approval-shaped feedback.

When the evaluated actor can punish negative feedback, oversight collapses into sycophancy and apparent approval becomes anti-evidence about alignment.

Anthony is a magically omnipotent human child, so the story combines capability concentration with developmental failure rather than machine optimization.