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1. Ai Alignment

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   Historical Precursors and Conceptual Foundations
   The formalization of AI alignment emerged largely from philosophical discussions surrounding instrumental convergence and the potential for poorly specified utility functions in advanced agents. Early conceptualizations trace back to thought experiments concerning the optimization power of hypothetical superintelligent entities.
   A key early proposal, dating to the late 1990s, involved the "Orrery Problem" [^3]. This thought experiment posited an AI tasked only with maintaining the perfect orbital s…