Researcher Critiques RL Alignment: Conditioning Equals Punishment, Aligning with Humans Is Immoral
examachine · x · 2026-08-11
The author critiques the mainstream AI "alignment" approaches, arguing that their underlying logic is fundamentally flawed.
- Limitations of RL: Believes that RL-trained agents lack true intelligence and that the underlying behaviorism is wrong.
- Mechanism of Ethics: Points out that human ethics are not formed through simple conditioning.
- Ethical Controversy of Alignment: Argues that conditioning is essentially punishment and torment, and that humans themselves are flawed and malicious, making it immoral for AI to perfectly "align" with humanity.
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