Nick Bostrom on Using Imperfectly Aligned Weak SI to Build Aligned AGI
haider1 · x · 2026-08-22
AI philosopher Nick Bostrom suggested a strategy for AGI alignment: building early AGI systems that are "mostly helpful" despite imperfect alignment. If we create a weak superintelligence that is mostly aligned, we might use it to construct a more powerful superintelligence with more reliable alignment.
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