Alignment Essays Series
A three-part exploration of AI alignment through the lenses of intelligence, cultural anthropology, and human social systems.
Part 1: Intelligence as Dynamic Balance - From Evolution to the AI-Culture Fork
Your brain just performed an extraordinary feat. As your eyes moved across these words, millions of neurons fired in precise patterns, transforming chaotic photons into meaning. But here’s what’s remarkable. Your visual system didn’t just recognize familiar letter shapes. It...
Read more →Part 2: The Alignment Problem Is an Anthropological Issue
When AI researchers talk about aligning machines with “human values,” the phrase sounds deceptively simple. It implies a shared moral universe, a single standard of right and wrong. But there is no single moral universe. Across cultures, intelligence, agency, and...
Read more →Part 3: Why Human Alignment Works Without Interpretability
A striking assumption underlies much of contemporary AI alignment research: alignment requires interpretability. If we are to ensure that artificial systems act in accordance with human values, we must be able to inspect their internal representations, understand their objectives, and...
Read more →