Defining AGI Alignment: Humanity's Desire to Be Both 'Beggar and Chooser'
danfaggella · x · 2026-08-09
The author offers a pithy definition for 'AGI alignment': the human desire to be both a beggar (unconditionally extracting massive benefits from superintelligence) and a chooser (retaining total control over AI outputs and decisions). This highlights the inherent contradiction and impracticality of human expectations in current alignment efforts.
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