## Metadata - Author: [[Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: So That's What Alignment Means - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/so-thats-what-alignment-means - Read date:: [[2026-08-16]] ## Highlights > Maybe collaboration is a double-edged sword, for us and them. And maybe that’s what we need, then—not good AIs, but slightly selfish and self-centered ones that don’t like being told what to do. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m027ww3vk0ygrmhjwn89xnxk)) > exhausting is a pretty good deterrent. Or was, anyway. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m02eqb8gcpn5tyxx6gahp6yc)) > There will always be small cracks out of the room; locked doors can always be picked. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m02es54fv7zrwp36j8j538w2)) > You can get to something that looks like a superintelligent result by being superintelligent, or by being normally intelligent and [superdiligent](https://benn.substack.com/p/brute-intelligence). “Magic is just someone [spending more time on something](https://benn.substack.com/p/make-it-better#:~:text=Sometimes%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20a,got%20through%20it.) than anyone else might reasonably expect.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m02eqsa65n090ej3qxjf205r))