The Long (Self-)Correction

Short summary

The author proposes 'Long Self-Correction' as an alternative to AI Pause and Long Reflection, arguing that humans are too flawed—lacking workable moral frameworks, overestimating strategic competence, and being susceptible to manipulation—to safely build or oversee powerful AIs. The concept emphasizes that humans have slowly improved on these issues over time, and the priority should be preserving the conditions for that gradual correction rather than rushing to build transformative AI. The piece critiques partial solutions like alignment, corrigibility, or Tool AI as insufficient given the depth of human shortcomings.

• •Proposes 'Long Self-Correction' as alternative to AI Pause and Long Reflection
• •Argues humans are too flawed to safely build or oversee powerful AIs
• •Hope rests on humanity's slow historical progress on moral and philosophical issues

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