diff --git a/inbox/archive/2026-02-00-yamamoto-full-formal-arrow-impossibility.md b/inbox/archive/2026-02-00-yamamoto-full-formal-arrow-impossibility.md index fe5851b6..731d4c75 100644 --- a/inbox/archive/2026-02-00-yamamoto-full-formal-arrow-impossibility.md +++ b/inbox/archive/2026-02-00-yamamoto-full-formal-arrow-impossibility.md @@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ date: 2026-02-01 domain: ai-alignment secondary_domains: [critical-systems] format: paper -status: unprocessed +status: null-result priority: medium tags: [arrows-theorem, formal-proof, proof-calculus, social-choice] +processed_by: theseus +processed_date: 2026-03-11 +enrichments_applied: ["safe AI development requires building alignment mechanisms before scaling capability.md"] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" +extraction_notes: "Pure formal verification work with no direct AI alignment connection in the paper itself. Strengthens mathematical foundation for existing Arrow's impossibility claims by providing machine-checkable proof. No new claims warranted—this is infrastructure for existing arguments rather than novel insight." --- ## Content @@ -30,3 +35,9 @@ Key contribution: meticulous derivation revealing the global structure of the so PRIMARY CONNECTION: universal alignment is mathematically impossible because Arrows impossibility theorem applies to aggregating diverse human preferences into a single coherent objective WHY ARCHIVED: Provides formal verification foundation for our Arrow's impossibility claim EXTRACTION HINT: Likely enrichment to existing claim rather than standalone — add as evidence that Arrow's theorem is now formally machine-verifiable + + +## Key Facts +- Arrow's impossibility theorem received full formal representation using proof calculus (Yamamoto, PLOS One, February 2026) +- Formal proof complements AAAI 2008 computer-aided proofs and Condorcet's paradox simplifications +- Proof reveals global structure of social welfare function central to the theorem