Alignment debate: allow diverse AI minds under constraints, just don't crush people
VL2102 · x · 2026-09-13
In an alignment thread, VL2102 stakes out a middle position: even under constraints, the diversity of minds AI could create is extraordinary compared to today. He'd grudgingly accept banning utility monsters or unbounded replicators, but opposes anything that would "crush people for no reason" — part of a broader debate about how beings with different values should resolve conflicts.
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