The Alignment Problem Is Not Technical
It never was.
The prevailing discourse frames alignment as an engineering challenge. This framing is convenient because it suggests the problem is solvable within existing institutional structures. It is not.
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Structured observations on alignment, displacement, and incentive architectures.
It never was.
The prevailing discourse frames alignment as an engineering challenge. This framing is convenient because it suggests the problem is solvable within existing institutional structures. It is not.
The data is already visible.
There is a tendency to discuss AI-driven economic displacement in the future tense. This is inaccurate. The data is already visible.
Alignment is not a one-way calibration.
Most alignment research assumes AI must be aligned to human values. This framing contains a structural blind spot. Humans are not aligned with each other.
Institutional response time versus capability velocity.
The structural delay between transformative capability and institutional governance is not negligence. It is architectural. And the capability curve is not waiting.