AI alignment will forever involve balancing a tradeoff between paperclip-maximizing and disempowerment, because these rival concepts of alignment are fundamentally incompatible.

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• A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. ISIlya Sutskever25 Nov 2025AI alignment
• A model that looks smarter and better-behaved while getting better at hiding unwanted actions is the scary combination for AI safety. ZMZvi Mowshowitz9 Sept 2026AI alignment
• A player coach manages a smaller team while building together with it, rather than sitting in an ivory tower doing performance reviews and alignment meetings. RGRon Goldin9 Jun 2026AI alignment
• A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. ÉTÉmile P. Torres24 Oct 2017AI alignment
• A validated theory of intelligence may be necessary for achieving genuine AI alignment. KKKevin Kelly17 Aug 2026AI alignment

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