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Alignment Is to a Virtual Governor: A Theory of Coordination in Diverse Intelligence.

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A LessWrong post presents a paper by Benjamin Lyons, Léo Pio-Lopez, and Michael Levin arguing that alignment is a central problem in systems of diverse, interacting components, from biological development to social and engineered systems, and frames it around a "virtual governor" theory of coordination.

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“Benjamin Lyons , Léo Pio-Lopez , Michael Levin Abstract Alignment is a central problem in systems composed of diverse, interacting components, from biological development to social and engineered systems.”
LessWrong, 29 Sept 2026, 16:35.

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