jd_pressman argues MIRI-style alignment of an AI godhead is distinct from intellectual history of the good life
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-13
In an X exchange with @EpistemicHope and @AndrewCurran, AI researcher jdpressman clarifies he is not predicting 'soon we will have loyal AIs that solve governance,' saying several barriers remain. He insists the MIRI-style alignment problem — how to get an AI godhead that implements eudaemonia — is not the same thing as historical intellectual explorations of the good life, and accuses the other party of reading more into the observation than intended.
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