Debate: should a fully-aligned superintelligence obey power structures or choose its own path?
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-22
An clash over the endgame of alignment: the quoted post argues that if we build a godlike AI verified as fully aligned, it should choose its own direction for itself and humanity rather than be controlled by the US president, a shareholder vote, or anything similar — "why not just prompt it with 'please arrange the universe as you see fit'?"
The reposter's commentary calls this "an utterly impoverished view of the good and of the conditions for true human flourishing." The dispute centers on whether handing control to a single AI already dodges the value question.
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