Problem With The Alignment Problem | Ep 10

Philosophy, Programs, and Prompts · Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 30m

Is the "AI alignment problem" genuinely the existential challenge of our time, or has it become an intellectual buffer designed to deflect corporate responsibility? In this episode of Philosophy Programs and Prompts, Casey Hart( @OntologyExplained ) and Carl Brown( @InternetOfBugs ) break down how alignment discourse often muddies AI debates rather than clarifying them. From thought experiments like the paperclip maximizer and the monkey’s paw to recent controversies like model sycophancy, the Hugging Face incident, and corporate data centers, they explore how vague definitions…