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You Don't Align an AI, You Align with It

The article argues that current AI alignment practices exclude the people affected, treating them as material rather than partners. It critiques both doomer and accelerationist camps for conducting the debate without the public, and proposes a mutual alignment view where humans and AI co-evolve.

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You Don't Align an AI, You Align with It
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  • AI alignment as currently practiced is a top-down configuration that excludes those who will live with the systems.
  • Critiques of both safety-focused and accelerationist camps show they assume authority over the design process.
  • The author advocates for a relational view of alignment where human and AI shape each other.
  • Reference to a 2026 Anthropic blog post and Yudkowsky's nuclear brinkmanship quote illustrate the closed loop.

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