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No, the problem is that it is entirely aligned to human interests. The evil-doer of the world has a new henchman, and it's AI. AI will instantly inform him on anything or anyone.

"Hey AI, round up a list of people who have shit-talked so-and-so and find out where they live."




I don’t think that is a useful or valid repurposing of “aligned”, which is a specific technical term of art.

“Aligned” doesn’t mean “matches any one of the DND alignments, even if it’s chaotic neutral”. It means, broadly, acting according to humanity’s value system, not doing crime and harm and so on.




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