Deliberative Consensus Protocols - Social Protocols

There are two different elements to the problem of Alignment. Getting an AI to do the things we want, and being able to come to terms on what we actually want. We’ve gotta align the AI to the humans, and we also gotta align the humans to the other humans (both present and future). My idea takes from my experience in how DAOs and other mechanisms tr... See more

This is notably counter to the belief – dominant in electoral systems, laboratories, corporations and social organizations – that there exists a mythical best person for the job, capable of engaging with any number of different areas of policy; or some group of ordained experts to whom those of lesser knowledge and experience must defer. It has bee

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Many protocols are already learning this lesson with regards to governance: discussion and consensus-building is a necessary precursor to voting. Likewise, discussion of values is as important, if not more so, than the act of voting itself. A value system is fostered through storytelling and negotiation in forums of public discourse.