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“Alignment Engineering” vs. “Misalignment Science”.

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A LessWrong post discusses recent arguments that a large portion of alignment research may be net negative, framing the debate as "alignment engineering" versus "misalignment science."

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“There has been much discussion recently around whether a large portion of alignment research is net negative. Without endorsing or refuting them, the basic arguments here are: Prosaic alignment of models is becoming a bottleneck for capabilities.”
LessWrong, 05 Oct 2026, 05:08.

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