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The speaker predicts that AI alignment is probably not going to be determined by a broad, endorsed democratic process aggregating everyone's values.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“We build A.I.s, they're aligned to humanity, but to who? Like, s you know, is it the president, is it the CEO? Is it some actually broad and good democratic process that aggregates everyone's values in sort of an endorsed way? Um, you're probably NOT gonna be the last one, and so you know...”Play from 1:04Report a misattribution
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