Alignment is a myth. Safety of whom? Humanity couldn't agree on common set of values for thousands of years and we're not gonna suddenly do that in the next ten.
Which ones? Because many humans kill other humans rationalizing it by safety of other humans.
I mean I know it seems simple, let's just be excellent to each other. Christianity got pretty far on a decent basic set of values. But it's never simple[1]
Despite all the fancy language, its more about aligning the AI behavior with the corporation's interests.
ie: the corporation wants the AI to behave a certain way for various reasons: to make it easier for them to avoid regulation, to make the corporation more money via different tiers of AI offerings, to ensure that the corporations products are hard for competitors to use, etc. And those are just the easy ones.
Every product is shaped this way. AI is not different.
Alignment is a myth. Safety of whom? Humanity couldn't agree on common set of values for thousands of years and we're not gonna suddenly do that in the next ten.
Safety of humans!!! Simple things like not getting killed or enslaved. We could start there...
But what if I want certain other humans to get killed?
Then we should still prioritize the safety of humans
What if I want to smoke cigarettes? Or sell tobacco I grew artisinally to enthusiast tobacco smokers?
Which ones?
Which ones? Because many humans kill other humans rationalizing it by safety of other humans.
I mean I know it seems simple, let's just be excellent to each other. Christianity got pretty far on a decent basic set of values. But it's never simple[1]
1. All the history books
Despite all the fancy language, its more about aligning the AI behavior with the corporation's interests.
ie: the corporation wants the AI to behave a certain way for various reasons: to make it easier for them to avoid regulation, to make the corporation more money via different tiers of AI offerings, to ensure that the corporations products are hard for competitors to use, etc. And those are just the easy ones.
Every product is shaped this way. AI is not different.