What Kevin Kelly thinks about AI alignment

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Founding executive editor of Wired and author of What Technology Wants and The Inevitable. Writes at kk.org and runs its long-running recommendation projects, True Films and Cool Tools.

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1. 17 Aug 2026

   Our readingA validated theory of intelligence may be necessary for achieving genuine AI alignment.

   Their wordsThere's a good chance a theory of intelligence will turn out to be necessary for real alignment.

   ↗Without a theory of intelligencekk.org 2nd of 3 in this piece