Societal alignment frameworks can improve llm alignment

Karolina Stańczak, Nicholas Meade, Mehar Bhatia, Hattie Zhou, Konstantin Böttinger, Jeremy Barnes, … (+11 more) — 2025-02-27 — Multiple institutions (17 authors) — arXiv

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Argues that LLM alignment should incorporate insights from societal alignment frameworks (social, economic, contractual) to address incomplete contracts and misspecified objectives, proposing participatory alignment approaches and reframing underspecification as an opportunity.

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