Samuel W. Ugwumba on AI alignment is solvable

Samuel W. Ugwumba

Senior Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and AI-governance legal scholar.

AI alignment is impossible. Not difficult — impossible.

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Samuel W. Ugwumba, “The Category Error: Why AI Alignment is Structurally Impossible,” Towards AI, February 3, 2026. Ugwumba is a Senior Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition whose research includes AI governance in Africa.

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AI alignment is solvable

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AI Verified The quote directly says AI alignment is “impossible,” which fully opposes the statement that AI alignment is solvable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The February 3 Towards AI article by Dr. Samuel W. Ugwumba states verbatim: “AI alignment is impossible. Not difficult — impossible.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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