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:

"Message to Any Future AI" by Alexey Turchin
- Offers arguments for preserving humanity
"Appeal to AI Superintelligence” by James Miller, Olle Häggström, Roman Yampolskiy and Alexander Miller
- Uses game theory, simulation arguments, and acausal trade
“Alignment remains a hard, unsolved problem” by Evan Hubinger
- Explores risks of deceptive alignment

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:

Examples of what genuine human-AI collaboration looks like
How to act toward AI when uncertain about if it is conscious
Alignment framed as relationship building rather than control

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...

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