Research Superalignment Should Advance Now with Alternating Competence and Conformity Optimization

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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 all humans across measured domains.

• This gives rise to the critical research question of: As we approach ASI, how do we align it with human values, ensuring it benefits rather than harms human society, a.k.a., the Superalignment problem.
• Despite ASI being regarded by many as a hypothetical concept, in this position paper, we argue that superalignment is achievable and research on it should advance immediately, through simultaneous and alternating optimization of task competence and value conformity.
• We posit that superalignment is not merely a safeguard for ASI but also necessary for its responsible realization.