Three Tiers of AI Alignment: From Instructions to Values
davidmanheim · x · 2026-08-20
David Manheim outlines three tiers of AI alignment:
- Easy alignment: AI does what you want when you specify everything correctly.
- Hard alignment: AI understands and does what you want even if poorly specified.
- Actual alignment: AI does what you'd want even if you can't understand what that is or the results.
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