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Humanity has never solved the alignment problem between generations of humans, so AI alignment debates are not novel — they reflect a perennial unresolved problem.

Deflates the novelty of AI alignment by pointing to its structural identity with intergenerational value transmission

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AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity’s Future

(2024) · Michael Levin

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AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity's Future
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The source paper under extraction — a philosophical essay by Michael Levin arguing that AI debates neglect deeper questions about diverse intelligence, developmental biology, and humanity's future
Alignment Problem
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The problem of ensuring AI systems adopt values compatible with human welfare — argued to be a perennial problem already present in child-rearing

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Many recent discussions of AI, and its impact on individuals and on society, are importantly incomplete because they neglect Diverse Intelligence, synthetic morphology, and developmental biology.
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Central thesis of the paper — the framing premise from which all other arguments follow

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Key rhetorical and philosophical argument establishing continuity between AI concerns and child-rearing
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Quote from a question that sparked the post, highlighting the gap between theory and practice.
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Foundational analogy motivating the entire Contemplative AI approach
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Forward-looking threat assessment connecting experimental results to realistic risk scenarios
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Core proposal that machine intelligence can achieve what human effort cannot.