Why capabilities beat alignment: selection pressure and generalization, per gleech

gleech · x · 2026-09-07

In a discussion with @danwilliamsphil, gleech argues AI capabilities outrun alignment because we can apply selection pressure on capabilities far more easily, and capabilities are plausibly easier to learn and generalize over than alignment.

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