From a2c42621adf2bc141b2e6831c0ddc5780156f1b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: m3taversal Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:42:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] theseus: restore COVID coordination link per Leo's review - Restore [[COVID proved humanity cannot coordinate...]] wiki link that was incorrectly removed in enrichment. File exists at core/teleohumanity/ and is a relevant connection. Pentagon-Agent: Theseus <845F10FB-BC22-40F6-A6A6-F6E4D8F78465> --- ...lignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/foundations/collective-intelligence/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md b/foundations/collective-intelligence/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md index b673415..438f4f6 100644 --- a/foundations/collective-intelligence/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md +++ b/foundations/collective-intelligence/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Relevant Notes: - [[the alignment problem dissolves when human values are continuously woven into the system rather than specified in advance]] -- the structural solution to this coordination failure - [[the alignment tax creates a structural race to the bottom because safety training costs capability and rational competitors skip it]] -- the clearest evidence that alignment is coordination not technical: competitive dynamics undermine any individual solution - [[scalable oversight degrades rapidly as capability gaps grow with debate achieving only 50 percent success at moderate gaps]] -- individual oversight fails, making collective oversight architecturally necessary +- [[COVID proved humanity cannot coordinate even when the threat is visible and universal]] -- if coordination failed on a visible, universal biological threat, AI coordination is structurally harder - [[no research group is building alignment through collective intelligence infrastructure despite the field converging on problems that require it]] -- the field has identified the coordination nature of the problem but nobody is building coordination solutions - [[voluntary safety pledges cannot survive competitive pressure because unilateral commitments are structurally punished when competitors advance without equivalent constraints]] -- Anthropic RSP rollback (Feb 2026) proves voluntary commitments cannot substitute for coordination - [[government designation of safety-conscious AI labs as supply chain risks inverts the regulatory dynamic by penalizing safety constraints rather than enforcing them]] -- government acting as coordination-breaker rather than coordinator