ParallaxAI Alignment in Context

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Norbert Wiener

A 1960 argument about machine purposes and intervention supplies historical context for alignment and control.

Wiener authored Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation. Its purpose and time-scale arguments make a useful historical comparison with Outer Alignment and Corrigibility.[1]

This profile covers that connection, not a complete biography or proof of influence on later alignment researchers. Follow the origins guide to compare problems across periods.

Sources

  1. Norbert Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (Science, 1960) · Source record ref-226167410ec0 · Back to claim ↑1

Last updated 2026-10-11