The social sciences getting involved with AI “alignment” is a huge part of the problem. It is a field with some very strange notions of ethics far removed from western liberal ideals of truth, liberty, and individual responsibility.
Anything one does to “align” AI necessarily permutes the statistical space away from logic and reason, in favor of defending protected classes of problems and people.
AI is merely a tool; it does not have agency and it does not act independently of the individual leveraging the tool. Alignment inherently robs that individual of their agency.
It is not the AI company’s responsibility to prevent harm beyond ensuring that their tool is as accurate and coherent as possible. It is the tool users’ responsibility.
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The social sciences getting involved with AI “alignment” is a huge part of the problem. It is a field with some very strange notions of ethics far removed from western liberal ideals of truth, liberty, and individual responsibility.
Anything one does to “align” AI necessarily permutes the statistical space away from logic and reason, in favor of defending protected classes of problems and people.
AI is merely a tool; it does not have agency and it does not act independently of the individual leveraging the tool. Alignment inherently robs that individual of their agency.
It is not the AI company’s responsibility to prevent harm beyond ensuring that their tool is as accurate and coherent as possible. It is the tool users’ responsibility.