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23 Dec 2025BlogTheory, Alignment

Grounding Value Learning in Evolutionary Psychology: an Alternative Proposal to CEV

RogerDearnaley

Proposes grounding AI value learning in evolutionary psychology as an alternative to CEV, arguing AI should be treated as an engineered tool to be aligned rather than a moral patient.

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8 Dec 2025BlogTheory, Alignment

From Barriers to Alignment to the First Formal Corrigibility Guarantees

Aran Nayebi

Proves information-theoretic lower bounds on alignment cost, including inevitable reward hacking, and gives formal multi-step corrigibility guarantees via lexicographically ordered utility heads.

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Grounding Value Learning in Evolutionary Psychology: an Alternative Proposal to CEV

From Barriers to Alignment to the First Formal Corrigibility Guarantees

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Tuesday 23 December

Grounding Value Learning in Evolutionary Psychology: an Alternative Proposal to CEV

Monday 8 December

From Barriers to Alignment to the First Formal Corrigibility Guarantees