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by _yb2s 543 days ago
You are getting at the core reason AI alignment is a hard problem: we don’t know how to describe our real values and goals without conflicts, and doing so might even be impossible.
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Likely impossible, as humans are flawed when it comes to their own perception of good and evil. Regardless of how strongly they believe their own values to align in a specific direction.
Goals and values conflict all the time. It’s why raising a kid can be a challenge. Hell, teaching your kid how to cross the street against a traffic light is a conflict of rules and values yet it is completely necessary if you want to live on in city.