Defending Alignment: A Commentary On ‘AI Survival Stories’

This paper criticises the claims of Cappelen et. al (2025) to have provided “significant challenges” to the claim that humanity will not be destroyed by AI. Specifically, I claim that they fail to substantiate their claims that extremely powerful AI systems of the future will engage in destructive conflict with humanity.

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Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
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2025-03-03
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https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/phai/2025.3327
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Defending Alignment: A Commentary On ‘AI Survival Stories’

Rory Svarc
Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Defending Alignment: A Commentary On ‘AI Survival Stories’

Rory Svarc
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Abstract

This paper criticises the claims of Cappelen et. al (2025) to have provided “significant challenges” to the claim that humanity will not be destroyed by AI. Specifically, I claim that they fail to substantiate their claims that extremely powerful AI systems of the future will engage in destructive conflict with humanity.

Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Australian Road Research Board (AU)
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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