Can evolutionary biology hand AI alignment a ready-made methodology?
Sauers_ · x · 2026-11-12
After someone suggested borrowing the scientific machinery of evolutionary biology to tackle alignment, Sauers agreed and added an argument: evolution-optimized organisms tend not to be catastrophically misaligned and usually don't develop extreme instrumental goals—hinting evolution could offer an alternative lens to mainstream safety paradigms.
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