Misinterpreting 'Singleton': Multi-Agent Swarms Fit Bostrom's Alignment View
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-08-26
The author clarifies Nick Bostrom's concept of a 'Singleton,' defined as a single decision-making agency at the highest level, which can contain a diverse internal ecology. They counter the view that Bostrom only considered 'single model instances' and missed multi-agent systems, arguing that reading Singleton as a single model instance is a mistake. System alignment remains within the scope of his theoretical framework.
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