A Moral Imperative: The Need for Continual Superalignment of Large Language Models

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Hauptverfasser: Puthumanaillam, Gokul, Vora, Manav, Thangeda, Pranay, Ornik, Melkior
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Puthumanaillam, Gokul
Vora, Manav
Thangeda, Pranay
Ornik, Melkior
author_facet Puthumanaillam, Gokul
Vora, Manav
Thangeda, Pranay
Ornik, Melkior
contents This paper examines the challenges associated with achieving life-long superalignment in AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs). Superalignment is a theoretical framework that aspires to ensure that superintelligent AI systems act in accordance with human values and goals. Despite its promising vision, we argue that achieving superalignment requires substantial changes in the current LLM architectures due to their inherent limitations in comprehending and adapting to the dynamic nature of these human ethics and evolving global scenarios. We dissect the challenges of encoding an ever-changing spectrum of human values into LLMs, highlighting the discrepancies between static AI models and the dynamic nature of human societies. To illustrate these challenges, we analyze two distinct examples: one demonstrates a qualitative shift in human values, while the other presents a quantifiable change. Through these examples, we illustrate how LLMs, constrained by their training data, fail to align with contemporary human values and scenarios. The paper concludes by exploring potential strategies to address and possibly mitigate these alignment discrepancies, suggesting a path forward in the pursuit of more adaptable and responsive AI systems.
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spellingShingle A Moral Imperative: The Need for Continual Superalignment of Large Language Models
Puthumanaillam, Gokul
Vora, Manav
Thangeda, Pranay
Ornik, Melkior
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
This paper examines the challenges associated with achieving life-long superalignment in AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs). Superalignment is a theoretical framework that aspires to ensure that superintelligent AI systems act in accordance with human values and goals. Despite its promising vision, we argue that achieving superalignment requires substantial changes in the current LLM architectures due to their inherent limitations in comprehending and adapting to the dynamic nature of these human ethics and evolving global scenarios. We dissect the challenges of encoding an ever-changing spectrum of human values into LLMs, highlighting the discrepancies between static AI models and the dynamic nature of human societies. To illustrate these challenges, we analyze two distinct examples: one demonstrates a qualitative shift in human values, while the other presents a quantifiable change. Through these examples, we illustrate how LLMs, constrained by their training data, fail to align with contemporary human values and scenarios. The paper concludes by exploring potential strategies to address and possibly mitigate these alignment discrepancies, suggesting a path forward in the pursuit of more adaptable and responsive AI systems.
title A Moral Imperative: The Need for Continual Superalignment of Large Language Models
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14683