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Comment by andai

15 hours ago

> The fundamental challenge of AI alignment is generalization. ...

> We do not have a satisfactory theory of generalization, and it seems unlikely that we can develop one soon, at least without the help of more powerful AI.

-- From another OpenAI article in a sister thread:

An Alien Mind

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49588080

That's a bit bullshit, isn't it? They basically redefined "needs more R&D" as "needs stronger AI". Maybe so - maybe AI won't help much with that problem.