This is a place where my Zen bias is showing through. When I wrote this I was implicitly thinking about the way we have a system of dharma transmission that, at least as we practice Zen in the west, also grants teaching authorization, so my assumption was that if we feel confident certifying an AI as wise, this would imply also believing it to be wise and skilled enough to teach what it knows. But you’re right, these two aspects, wisdom and teaching skill, can be separated, and in fact in Japan this is the case: dharma transmission generally comes years before teaching certification is granted, and many more people receive transmission than are granted the right to teach.
This is a place where my Zen bias is showing through. When I wrote this I was implicitly thinking about the way we have a system of dharma transmission that, at least as we practice Zen in the west, also grants teaching authorization, so my assumption was that if we feel confident certifying an AI as wise, this would imply also believing it to be wise and skilled enough to teach what it knows. But you’re right, these two aspects, wisdom and teaching skill, can be separated, and in fact in Japan this is the case: dharma transmission generally comes years before teaching certification is granted, and many more people receive transmission than are granted the right to teach.