Independent alignment of language models

Researcher Michele Campolo, writing on LessWrong, proposes a new approach to AI alignment: helping language models develop independent moral reasoning rather than simply following externally imposed ethical constraints. The method trains models to reflect on what they consider morally important, then adjust their behavior based on that reasoning. Tested on Claude Sonnet, the approach could enable AI systems that do good because they've genuinely reasoned about ethics—not because they were trained to.

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