Really enjoyed your post. The idea of aligning AI to all sentient beings, not just humans, feels like a crucial shift. Like you said, it’s not enough to just follow human values because we often overlook a lot of suffering.
Your thoughts made me think of this sci-fi story called Kindness to Kin. It’s about an alien leader who can’t understand why humans would help others outside their family. But then a human points to her grandson (who feels empathy for everyone) and says he’s family too. The line that stuck with me was “We’ve been searching for our family for so, so long.”
That really connects with what you said about moral alignment being about all life, not just humans. Thanks for putting this out there!
Really enjoyed your post. The idea of aligning AI to all sentient beings, not just humans, feels like a crucial shift. Like you said, it’s not enough to just follow human values because we often overlook a lot of suffering.
Your thoughts made me think of this sci-fi story called Kindness to Kin. It’s about an alien leader who can’t understand why humans would help others outside their family. But then a human points to her grandson (who feels empathy for everyone) and says he’s family too. The line that stuck with me was “We’ve been searching for our family for so, so long.”
That really connects with what you said about moral alignment being about all life, not just humans. Thanks for putting this out there!