"Who defines alignment?" AI safety's ideological ambiguity sparks debate
dbasch · x · 2026-09-18
- ArmandDoma raises a perennial question about AI alignment: who exactly defines it, given there's no single universal moral code?
- dbasch replies that alignment is a proxy for "AI will do what we want and not what we don't—where 'we' means us, the good guys, the ones with the correct ideology," mocking the ideology-laden nature of the term.
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