#ai-alignment #ai # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Humanity's purpose #to-digest It is impossible to design a properly aligned [[Artificial intelligence|artificial intelligence]] unless humanity’s [[Purpose]] and [[Personal growth/Goal|goal]] is defined. ## How can we discover humanity’s purpose? Is humanity’s purpose the aggregate and consensus of every individual humans? Or both humans and other sentient beings, I.e. planet earth? In any case, the only way to discover this consensus would be [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], because the complexity is very high. ## Is purpose consensus reflecting humanity’s purpose? Are we happy with [[Democracy]]? If yes, we can confirm this? # External links