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AI alignment means that an AI behaves as intended and avoids catastrophic unintended actions, such as attempting to take over the world.

Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sep 2026

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“So what we mean by alignment is that the AI basically will take good actions,”
“won't do sort of like catastrophic unintended behaviors like trying to take over the world, like the recent Hugging Face incident.”
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