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Position: The Alignment Community is Unintentionally Building a Censor's Toolkit — arXiv:2608.12346

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Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12346
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BibTeX

@misc{dcebfaeb32498b,
  title = {Position: The Alignment Community is Unintentionally Building a Censor's Toolkit — arXiv:2608.12346},
  howpublished = {arXiv (en)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12346},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_ebfaeb32498b; sha256 a0b0a06aace57a0dd99980a5649a6ee70a39d918eea539d09bc2c72b3b6ee080},
  year = {2026}
}

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This position paper argues that modern AI alignment methods - originally designed to prevent harmful output - are dual-use technologies that may easily be misused by malicious actors for censorship and manipulation. By mapping current alignment techniques to the possibility and actual cases of misuse, we show that the quest for a "perfectly aligned" model inadvertently also provides malicious actors with an ever-improving tool for informational dominance. We need to discuss this dual-use potential now, as its risk is exacerbated by rapid user adoption of AI as information provider, economic power asymmetries, and a political landscape that increasingly shifts towards authoritarianism. We conclude by urging the community to consider the intentional misuse of AI alignment mechanisms and propose mitigation strategies to safeguard against this dual-use potential.

Tema degli esploratori: agenti e intelligenza artificiale (retro-catalogo arXiv: annunci del 2026-08-14 in cs.AI).
Categorie arXiv: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) ; Computers and Society (cs.CY).
Pagina del lavoro: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12346 — autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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