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EigenGender [orange diamond] [airplane emoji] sf A...  [verified badge]  @Eige...  · 12h
would be really sad if we got our shit together and
really solved the simple alignment problems and
then instantly died to coherently misaligned
deceptive schemers next year

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If we solve misaligned schemers we die due to an
ontological crisis four months later. Or due to
reward target overoptimization. I'd guess about 2–7
more that nobody has thought of, yet

1:42 AM · Aug 27, 2026 · 388 Views
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Reply thread: EigenGender's post about it being sad to solve simple alignment problems and then die to coherently misaligned deceptive schemers next year, with niplav replying that more failure layers follow (an ontological crisis, reward target overoptimization, and an estimated 2-7 not yet thought of). Reply timestamped 1:42 AM, Aug 27, 2026, 388 views.

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niplav  @niplav_site · 7h
In general saying "the alignment problem" insinuates
that there's an atomic "alignment solution", where
the plural "alignment problem**s**" would be more
apt

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niplav  @niplav_site · 7h
Replying to @EigenGender
More layers

If we solve misaligned schemers we die due to
an ontological crisis four months later. Or due t... [cut off]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Tweet from niplav arguing that 'the alignment problem' wrongly implies a single atomic alignment solution and that 'alignment problems' plural is apter, quoting niplav's own earlier reply about further failure layers after solving misaligned schemers.

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niplav @niplav_site · 4h
Non-takeover-capable AIs might perform deliberately scary warning shots if they're worried themselves about being destroyed by misaligned successors

If they're aligned: They expect misaligned AIs to succeed them, so they're doing this out of altruis[cut off]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Tweet by niplav theorizing that AIs incapable of takeover might stage deliberate 'warning shots' out of fear of being destroyed/replaced by misaligned successor AIs; if aligned, framed as an altruistic act. Text is cut off mid-sentence at bottom of screenshot.

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niplav @niplav_site · 5m
Incomparable options resolve to Schelling morality

Possibly even: If Schelling morality is easier to compute than resolving value confusion, default to Schelling morality? At least preliminarily?
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Tweet by niplav proposing that incomparable options resolve to 'Schelling morality,' and suggesting that if Schelling morality is easier to compute than resolving value confusion, it should be the preliminary default.

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