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What Eric Ries thinks about AI alignment

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Author of The Lean Startup and Incorruptible, and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, who advises companies on corporate governance and mission protection.

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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Eric Ries has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingNot one of the companies building frontier AI is willing to accept standard corporate governance, which is how dangerous they know the technology to be.

    Their wordsI looked down the panel and I realized not a single one of these companies has standard governance. That's how bad it is.

    ↗How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Riesyoutube.com 19th of 24 in this recording

  3. Our readingLetting shareholders govern AI means whoever can borrow the most money controls the technology, and that cannot be how it works.

    Their wordsIf you say that shareholders should run it, then you're saying literally whoever can borrow the most money should be able to control this technology, it's just that's nuts.

    ↗How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Riesyoutube.com 20th of 24 in this recording

  5. Our readingThe number one unsolved problem in AI is not technical alignment but human alignment, because we cannot agree on the values to align to.

    Their wordsThis is the number one unsolved problem in AI. It's not the tech. We're making great progress on the technical alignment problem. But we haven't made jack progress on the human alignment problem

    ↗How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Riesyoutube.com 21st of 24 in this recording