wilbanks.dr

AI alignment is impossible. Not just difficult—impossible. And the field of AI ethics, by treating this impossibility as merely a technical challenge, has committed a category error and blinded itself as to why. But I believe the problem runs deeper. Even if alignment could somehow succeed—even if values could be...

Epistemic Status: Strong confidence in the political philosophy (Rawls/Mouffe/Gallie); high confidence that "alignment" acts as a category error regarding democratic values. This post argues from a political theory perspective rather than a purely technical ML safety perspective. I recognise that some of the traditions employed here (Hegel, Gadamer, hermeneutics) may...