Current AI Failures Stem from Incoherence Rather Than Value Misalignment
akbirthko · x · 2026-08-09
The author argues that many current AI model issues stem from logical "incoherence" rather than underlying "value misalignment"—meaning minor errors cascade into larger domino-like failures. He notes that evolution is incredibly effective at solving coherence and value functions because it was the first problem evolution had to solve, a bar current AI systems still struggle to meet.
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