Dean W. Ball on AI alignment is solvable

Dean W. Ball

Author of Hyperdimensional

But alignment is no solution: it is an unsolved scientific and technical problem whose solutions—to the extent that we have them—cannot simply be imposed on every AI company operating on Earth.

AI Verified (Sep 1, 2026)

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Dean W. Ball, “On the Loose: The Coming of Userless Agents,” Hyperdimensional, September 1, 2026.

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AI alignment is solvable

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AI Verified Ball calls alignment an unsolved problem whose solutions cannot be imposed universally, strongly opposing solvability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Ball calls alignment unsolved and not universally imposable; recorded answer against is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Dean W. Ball’s Hyperdimensional article contains the exact alignment statement (2026-09-01). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

You should not expect the most powerful people in the world using the most powerful technology ever conceived in a way that is inscrutable to the public to turn out well, and you should see that dynamic as fundamentally inconsistent with a democratic...

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

I would also say the development of this technology is a national security priority, and it seems really hard to... it seems like a really big cost to impose something where we would self-consciously slow ourselves down when others are not doing that...

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

There is much to recommend these laws over the Nevada and Illinois bills I discussed above. Unlike those laws, SB 53 and RAISE are technically sophisticated, reflecting a clear understanding (for the most part) about what it is possible for AI develo...

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