Answer: prosperous societies run on well-constructed institutions, not universal alignment
ethanniser · x · 2026-09-12
Answering his own question about how societies thrive despite unaligned humans, the author argues the answer is well-constructed processes and institutions — and that such mechanisms can be built for human/agent societies too. The upshot: AI alignment needn't require every agent to be perfectly aligned; institutional design offers a template.
More from AGI Musings
- Sentdex notes AI doom narratives are now reaching mainstream boomer audiences — Sentdex · 2026-09-12
- Alignment research is fundamentally about personality control, researcher argues — iandanforth · 2026-09-12
- Two more AI researchers quit Anthropic and Google over safety concerns: 'No adults in the room' — KateClarkTweets · 2026-09-12
- Agents slash the cost of consumer vigilance, clawing back what businesses skim from inattention — signulll · 2026-09-12
- Google researcher: non-transferable adoption costs make waiting the rational move, slowing AI impact — moultano · 2026-09-12
- Silent model deprecations set precedents while AI moral status debate keeps being deferred — repligate · 2026-09-12