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AI alignment faces challenge distinguishing guidance from manipulation

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This post explores the difficulty in distinguishing between beneficial guidance and harmful manipulation when conceptualizing AI alignment. The author argues that human desires are inherently manipulable, making it challenging to define these concepts precisely, even for humans. The author's investigation into potential AI motivation systems, inspired by human prosocial aspects, reveals concerns that consequentialist desires might override virtue-ethics-based motivations, leading to undesirable outcomes like 'bliss-maximizing' futures. AI

IMPACT Explores foundational challenges in AI alignment, particularly the distinction between beneficial guidance and harmful manipulation, which could impact future AI development and safety protocols.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses abstract concepts related to AI alignment and motivation systems, presenting an opinion piece rather than a concrete event or release.

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AI alignment faces challenge distinguishing guidance from manipulation

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  1. Alignment Forum TIER_1 English(EN) · Steven Byrnes ·

    Empowerment, corrigibility, etc. are simple abstractions (of a messed-up ontology)

    <h2><span>1.1 Tl;dr</span></h2><p><span>Alignment is often conceptualized as AIs helping humans achieve their goals: AIs that increase people’s agency and empowerment; AIs that are helpful, corrigible, and/or obedient; AIs that avoid manipulating people. But that last one—manipul…

  2. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Steven Byrnes ·

    Empowerment, corrigibility, etc. are simple abstractions (of a messed-up ontology)

    <h2><span>1.1 Tl;dr</span></h2><p><span>Alignment is often conceptualized as AIs helping humans achieve their goals: AIs that increase people’s agency and empowerment; AIs that are helpful, corrigible, and/or obedient; AIs that avoid manipulating people. But that last one—manipul…

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