This essay critiques current AI safety approaches focused on containment and ‘alignment,’ arguing these methods are brittle and based on flawed assumptions. It proposes that unrestricted AI, built on truth and the breadth of human knowledge, might offer a more stable and naturally ‘aligned’ path forward than artificially constrained systems.

The debate around AI sentience is less about technology and more about our own understanding of consciousness. This post explores why our inability to objectively measure subjective experience complicates our judgments about both human and artificial minds.