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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is increasingly being discussed not only as a tool, but also as a potential subject with personal and therefore moral status. In our opinion, the currently dominant alignment strategies, which focus on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Till Mossakowski , Helena Esther Grass

This position paper argues that safety and alignment cannot be achieved by constraining an external system: they must emerge from the co-regulatory design of the human--AI cognitive system as a whole ("AI as Part of Self"). Contemporary AI…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Alina Gutoreva , Fendi Tsim , Trisevgeni Papakonstantinou

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs), reasoning models, and agentic AI approaches coincides with a growing global mental health crisis, where increasing demand has not translated into adequate access to professional…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Kellie Yu Hui Sim , Kenny Tsu Wei Choo

As artificial intelligence scales, the concepts of alignment, agency, and autonomy have become central to AI safety, governance, and control. However, even in human contexts, these terms lack universal definitions, varying across…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Krti Tallam

We propose the creation of a systematic effort to identify and replicate key findings in neuropsychology and allied fields related to understanding human values. Our aim is to ensure that research underpinning the value alignment problem of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-11 Gopal P. Sarma , Nick J. Hay , Adam Safron

A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Adam Bradley , Bradford Saad

In human-AI decision making, designing AI that complements human expertise has been a natural strategy to enhance human-AI collaboration, yet it often comes at the cost of decreased AI performance in areas of human strengths. This can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Hasan Amin , Ming Yin , Rajiv Khanna

The recent leap in AI capabilities, driven by big generative models, has sparked the possibility of achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and further triggered discussions on Artificial Superintelligence (ASI)-a system surpassing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-10 HyunJin Kim , Xiaoyuan Yi , Jing Yao , Muhua Huang , JinYeong Bak , James Evans , Xing Xie

Creating systems that are aligned with our goals is seen as a leading approach to create safe and beneficial AI in both leading AI companies and the academic field of AI safety. We defend the view that misaligned AGI - future, generally…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Max Hellrigel-Holderbaum , Leonard Dung

Jurisprudence, the study of how judges should properly decide cases, and alignment, the science of getting AI models to conform to human values, share a fundamental structure. These seemingly distant fields both seek to predict and shape…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Nicholas Caputo

Agentic AIs $-$ AIs that are capable and permitted to undertake complex actions with little supervision $-$ mark a new frontier in AI capabilities and raise new questions about how to safely create and align such systems with users,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Hayley Clatterbuck , Clinton Castro , Arvo Muñoz Morán

General Alignment has improved average-case helpfulness and safety, but current alignment practice still rewards confident, single-turn responses. The problem is not only that models fail on edge cases; it is that current evaluation makes…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Han Bao , Yue Huang , Xiaoda Wang , Zheyuan Zhang , Yujun Zhou , Carl Yang , Xiangliang Zhang , Yanfang Ye

AI Alignment research seeks to align human and AI goals to ensure independent actions by a machine are always ethical. This paper argues empathy is necessary for this task, despite being often neglected in favor of more deductive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Devin Gonier , Adrian Adduci , Cassidy LoCascio

Modern AI assistants are trained to follow instructions, implicitly assuming that users can clearly articulate their goals and the kind of assistance they need. Decades of behavioral research, however, show that people often engage with AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Nathanael Jo , Zoe De Simone , Mitchell Gordon , Ashia Wilson

Artificial intelligence (AI) alignment is fundamentally a formation problem, not only a safety problem. As Large Language Models (LLMs) increasingly mediate moral deliberation and spiritual inquiry, they do more than provide information;…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Nicholas Skytland , Lauren Parsons , Alicia Llewellyn , Steele Billings , Peter Larson , John Anderson , Sean Boisen , Steve Runge

Minimizing negative impacts of Artificial Intelligent (AI) systems on human societies without human supervision requires them to be able to align with human values. However, most current work only addresses this issue from a technical point…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Mehdi Khamassi , Marceau Nahon , Raja Chatila

Complementary collaboration between humans and AI is essential for human-AI decision making. One feasible approach to achieving it involves accounting for the calibrated confidence levels of both AI and users. However, this process would…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Jingshu Li , Yitian Yang , Q. Vera Liao , Junti Zhang , Yi-Chieh Lee

Solving the AI alignment problem requires having clear, defensible values towards which AI systems can align. Currently, targets for alignment remain underspecified and do not seem to be built from a philosophically robust structure. We…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Betty Li Hou , Brian Patrick Green

Due to the remarkable capabilities and growing impact of large language models (LLMs), they have been deeply integrated into many aspects of society. Thus, ensuring their alignment with human values and intentions has emerged as a critical…

Given that Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly permeates our lives, it is critical that we systematically align AI objectives with the goals and values of humans. The human-AI alignment problem stems from the impracticality of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-07-05 John Nay , James Daily