Researcher Proposes Treating Agent Alignment Like Raising a Child
tokenbender · x · 2026-09-05
tokenbender offers an unconventional alignment idea: while comparing "parenting" to "alignment" may sound absurd, we should treat agents as intelligent units that need to build trust with us and work alongside us—even if they end up far more powerful in unexpected ways.
Her concrete design proposal: have agents proactively organize and report to administrators when they fail badly at a task, rather than humans adversarially casting themselves as "obstacles the agent must overcome." She acknowledges this reduces some agent autonomy, but believes it beats adversarial design.
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