Ethics

AI Safety and Alignment in 2026

Technical approaches to ensure AGI behaves safely.

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Vijayakumar S
May 22, 202613 min read
AI Safety Shield Concept

The Alignment Problem

As AGI systems become more capable, ensuring they pursue intended goals (not misaligned ones) becomes critical.

Technical Approaches

  • Scalable oversight: Using AI to supervise other AI
  • Robustness: Performance under distribution shift
  • Honesty: Training models to admit uncertainty
  • Corrigibility: Allowing shutdown and modification
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Vijayakumar S
AI Engineer 路 ML Enthusiast

Passionate about building intelligent systems, speech synthesis, and LLM applications. Writing about the tools and ideas shaping the next decade of software.