Epistemic status: I don't know much about AI alignment. This is just me thinking out loud.

AI use: grammar and minor fixes.

Reading about Inkhaven inspired me to try writing something to see how much I enjoy it. I've heard the idea that humans are not aligned in the same sense AI is not aligned. I am intentionally not researching the source of that idea, since then I would feel like I cannot add anything to it and wouldn't write. I also don't actually know the precise definition of "aligning" AI. So I want to think about this.

One obvious property of "aligned" AI is not killing all humans. I think everyone agrees on this. It is more interesting to consider an AI killing some humans. You definitely don't want AI to kill random humans for random reasons. But what if there is a group of humans who can and want to kill all humans? Then it sounds natural for an aligned AI to kill this group of humans.

From this perspective individual humans are already not aligned. First, I am sure out of 8 billion or however many people there are, there is at least one person who [...]

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First published:
October 2nd, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bnyvXhrdnpXxDqFi7/humans-are-not-aligned-either

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“Humans are not aligned either” by becausecurious

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“Humans are not aligned either” by becausecurious