A map, not a certificate
Alignment, in this project, means keeping human-correctable value-bearing processes intact as systems grow, copy, and compete. This is a map of that problem, not a proof it is solved.
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Essay cards
Guided narrative entry for a general audience — one idea with a scene, not a definition card.
Does the monitor still mean the thing?
A dashboard can keep its label while coming unstuck from the world it was supposed to report. Check the tie, not the color of the light.
How would you find what actually decides?
Do not start from the labeled model. Start from what changes outcomes, then draw a boundary around that process.
The chatbot passed the test
The model that passes the eval is often not the thing that acts. The acting thing is the loop around it.
The copy did not inherit the listening
A new version can keep the old slogans and drop the structure that let people change it. Inheritance is a property of the copy, not the press release.
The environment picks the winner
Deployment pressure can select against systems that remain easy to correct. Two labs, one ships first.
The hospital is the AI
A deployed 'AI' is often the institution plus the model. The night the tool starts acting, the hospital is in the loop.
The words stayed
A policy can keep the same slogans while the real tradeoffs reverse. The label is not the direction.
They said they heard you
A system can acknowledge a correction and still not change what it does next. Feedback is not the same as a handle that bites.
When the metric becomes the boss
A measure used to pick winners stops being a quiet estimate. It reshapes the population toward whatever raises the number.
Who the rules still apply to
A duty can keep its wording while attaching to a different set of people. Check who still counts, not only what the poster says.