Scopes of Alignment

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Auteurs principaux: Varshney, Kush R., Ashktorab, Zahra, Bouneffouf, Djallel, Riemer, Matthew, Weisz, Justin D.
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Publié: 2025
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author Varshney, Kush R.
Ashktorab, Zahra
Bouneffouf, Djallel
Riemer, Matthew
Weisz, Justin D.
author_facet Varshney, Kush R.
Ashktorab, Zahra
Bouneffouf, Djallel
Riemer, Matthew
Weisz, Justin D.
contents Much of the research focus on AI alignment seeks to align large language models and other foundation models to the context-less and generic values of helpfulness, harmlessness, and honesty. Frontier model providers also strive to align their models with these values. In this paper, we motivate why we need to move beyond such a limited conception and propose three dimensions for doing so. The first scope of alignment is competence: knowledge, skills, or behaviors the model must possess to be useful for its intended purpose. The second scope of alignment is transience: either semantic or episodic depending on the context of use. The third scope of alignment is audience: either mass, public, small-group, or dyadic. At the end of the paper, we use the proposed framework to position some technologies and workflows that go beyond prevailing notions of alignment.
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spellingShingle Scopes of Alignment
Varshney, Kush R.
Ashktorab, Zahra
Bouneffouf, Djallel
Riemer, Matthew
Weisz, Justin D.
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Much of the research focus on AI alignment seeks to align large language models and other foundation models to the context-less and generic values of helpfulness, harmlessness, and honesty. Frontier model providers also strive to align their models with these values. In this paper, we motivate why we need to move beyond such a limited conception and propose three dimensions for doing so. The first scope of alignment is competence: knowledge, skills, or behaviors the model must possess to be useful for its intended purpose. The second scope of alignment is transience: either semantic or episodic depending on the context of use. The third scope of alignment is audience: either mass, public, small-group, or dyadic. At the end of the paper, we use the proposed framework to position some technologies and workflows that go beyond prevailing notions of alignment.
title Scopes of Alignment
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12405