Economist: the Zuckerberg alignment problem deserves more attention than AI alignment
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-05
Economist Paul Novosad echoes Jon Steinsson's argument: beyond AI-vs-human alignment, there's a harder "Sam Altman / Mark Zuckerberg vs. the rest of us" alignment problem — max engagement vs. human flourishing — and he argues more people should work on it, calling it seemingly intractable.
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