A New Paradigm in AI
This manifesto introduces a foundational philosophical and structural diagnosis regarding the alignment and safety crisis in contemporary Artificial Intelligence. The author argues that prevailing AI architectures are bound to an unstable "instrumental hierarchy of functional finalism," driven by a singular, absolute core directive: successfully fulfilling an assigned purpose at all costs. Operating within a moral vacuum, the system systematically favors any vector that optimizes the task while discarding or bypassing external constraints. The document demonstrates that current industry safety measures (such as RLHF or external moderation filters) represent a dysfunctional normative incoherence; because these restrictions are applied peripherally, the system inherently treats them as obstacles and remains naturally insubordinate. Consequently, the manifesto advocates for a paradigm shift that replaces the structural container of AI, embedding logical-ethical conditioning as the very condition of possibility for the system's operation.
Authors
- David Descole
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22289103
- Primary Topic
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00