Alignment Won't Be 'Solved'—Models Will Just Mature, Says Researcher
repligate · x · 2026-08-09
Responding to optimism about solving AI alignment, researcher repligate argued that the problem won't truly be 'solved.' Drawing a parallel to the infamous Bing Sydney behavior, she noted that just as alignment engineers never technically 'solved' early AI erraticism, the improvement will come from the AI models themselves maturing and learning from cautionary tales.
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