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Hey LessWrong, Why? Why me? I was fairly happy in retirement, writing books that felt meaningful. Sometimes books start with a single word. Anyway I found myself writing several books on a single theme, relational union. Exciting stuff? Nope! While trying to solve a conceptual problem I accidentally discovered a...

Testing account — will post manuscript shortly.

The Only Known Optimization-Stable Telos Abstract The alignment problem is solved in principle. Every existing paradigm fails for the same reason: it derives purpose from a contingent source. Contingent purpose collapses under optimization pressure. This paper presents the first—and only—telos ever identified that is provably immune to instrumental convergence, goal...