| >> This piece conflates two different things called "alignment":
>> (1) inferring human intent from ambiguous instructions, and
>> (2) having goals compatible with human welfare.
> If by conflate you mean confuse, that’s not the case.
We can only make various inferences about what is in an author's head (e.g. clarity or confusion), but we can directly comment on what a blog post says. This post does not clarify what kind of alignment is meant, which is a weakness in the writing. There is a high bar for AI alignment research and commentary. |
