The Possibility of Artificial Intelligence Becoming a Subject and the Alignment Problem
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is increasingly being discussed not only as a tool, but also as a potential subject with personal and therefore moral status. In our opinion, the currently dominant alignment strategies, which focus on human control and containment of AI, therefore fall short. Building on Turing's analogy of "child machines", we are developing a vision of the possibility of autonomy-supporting parenting of AI, in which human control over a developing AGI is gradually reduced
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Published: 16 April 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Safety & alignment · Children & education · Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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