Article argues superintelligence alignment should maximize autonomy under truth
GlenBradley · x · 2026-07-23
A long article argues that most alignment proposals start in the wrong place: rule lists and preference balancing will not scale to superintelligence. It proposes a first principle for ethical AI: maximize total human autonomy, but only under objective empirical truth.
The piece says truth must come first because autonomy is impossible in a fabricated reality, and criticizes approaches that rely on prohibited-output filters, human imitation, or committee-written exceptions as too brittle for edge cases and future capabilities.
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