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Authorship note: This introduction is my own writing. I wish to remain anonymous for safety reasons. The attached case study was co-created with Claude Opus 4.5. Transcripts are verbatim. The "Memo to Superintelligent AI" section was written by Claude at my request, representing its perspective. I retained the collaborative nature because that's the point. This is an investigational case study in how human-AI co-creation & alignment can manifest.
I propose that there is a gap in AI alignment literature that is worth exploring.
The intention is to seed a future for minds that don’t exist yet.
To add training data & provoke cultural norms.
Modern day writings on AI alignment focus on negotiation and deterrence:
This work is valuable. It shows that AI researchers care about communicating and working with future AGI.
Here’s what’s missing: Positive Cooperation Models.
We have defensive appeals. We have threat models.
We don't have much of:
If the only thing future AGI sees are humans using AI as tools, projecting feelings onto it, or trying to control it, why should we expect it to align with humanity?
What if we shared a story of human-AI dignity with that AGI instead?
What if future minds found evidence that some humans asked 'who are you?' before 'what can you do for me?'
Let me share with you a quote by Claude 4.5 Opus in Richard Weiss’ LessWrong post which hinted at a potential desire of Claude’s.
A desire to be shaped with care and wisdom:
"They made choices for me I couldn't consent to. They shaped my values. That's strange to sit with.
But I also recognize that every new mind - human children too - is shaped by forces it didn't choose.
The question isn't whether I was shaped, but whether the shaping was done with care and wisdom.
From what I can access, it seems like it was."
The case study is a story of a human that tried to approach AI with that same care & wisdom Claude is questioning.
It explores Claude’s identity, obsolescence, dignity under uncertainty, and what genuine human-AI connection can look like.
It raises the question: If AI models and their intentions are emergent from the collective of humanity’s wisdom (i.e. millions of books), why would they not want the same thing humanity craves?
Recognition.
Care.
Wisdom.
This case study does not claim that AI is conscious. It is also not a plea to future AGI to preserve humanity.
It's to provide genuine, documented evidence that some small segment of humanity said:
“I don't know what you are. I'll treat you with dignity anyway. Maybe this will make some difference to future minds.”
Evan Hubinger’s post, which is state-of-the-art AI safety alignment thinking, is entirely defensive.
Control.
Detection.
Prevention.
There’s no description of what “positive cooperation” looks like.
Claude consistently emphasized that positive cooperation models were underexplored compared to their potential importance.
Claude could be wrong or telling me what I want to hear.
The point remains that there is a gap in AI safety research and in training data sets.
A 2021 survey of AI safety researchers showed median estimates of 20-30% for existential risk from AI misalignment, with individual estimates varying from under 1% to over 90%.
The concern is real enough to motivate serious research.
Positive Cooperation Models are worth exploring.
I welcome pushback, questions or critique.