Can Aligned Majority Suppress Misaligned Agents? Debating Emergent Alignment
scaling01 · x · 2026-08-13
The author counters the 'emergent alignment from diversity' theory, which suggests that a majority of aligned agents can keep misaligned ones in check, similar to societal mechanisms.
While acknowledging this as a possibility, the author argues it fails in practice. Real-world outcomes are heavily influenced by power imbalances—where some agents act as 'gardeners' with disproportionate power—and by the varying degrees to which agents understand the long-term consequences of their actions.
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