AI alignment may be optimized for what companies think users need, not what they need
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-07-30
A critique of AI company alignment: the author argues these firms are not aligning the model to what users actually want or need, but to what the company thinks users should want. The post warns that labels like "OpenAI" or "public benefit corporation" can be misleading.
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