The BaseEssayAI Alignment Forum
Preface to the Computational Agent Theory and ASI Alignment Sequence
According to the excerpt, Vanessa Kosoy opens a sequence on computational agent theory and aligning artificial superintelligence. The author argues ASI poses a grave existential risk, that making it safe needs theoretical and philosophical progress, and that any solution must meet unprecedented standards of reliability.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
For researchers
Frames a theoretical research programme for aligning superintelligence, setting out what the sequence will and will not address.
The record
- Questions
- Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed? · What values should AI have, and could it have a mind of its own?
- People
- Vanessa Kosoy (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 16, 2026, via
ai-alignment-forum(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- AI Alignment Forum, “Preface to the Computational Agent Theory and ASI Alignment Sequence”, October 15, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/alignmentforum-2026-10-15-computational-agent-theory-preface
Our notesLight lane: excerpt only; the sequence's actual claims are not in the preface excerpt.