Season 10. Episode 1: Full Stack AI Alignment and Human Flourishing with Joe Edelman

New @greenpillnet pod! Kevin chats with Joe Edelman, founder of the Meaning Alignment Institute, about his Full Stack Alignment paper. They dive into why current AI alignment methods fall short, explore richer "thick" models of value, lessons from social media, and four bold moonshots for AI and institutions that support human flourishing.

Links:
https://meaningalignment.substack.com/p/introducing-full-stack-alignment 
https://meaninglabs.notion.site/The-Full-Stack-Alignment-Project-List-21cc5bada1d08016a496ca729476d970 
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction to Green Pill's new season and Joe Edelman
01:59 – Joe's background and the Meaning Alignment Institute
03:43 – Why alignment matters for AI and institutions
05:46 – Lessons from social media and the attention economy
09:06 – Critique of shallow AI alignment approaches (RLHF, values-as-text)
13:20 – Thick models of value: going deeper than abstract ideals
15:11 – Full stack alignment across models, metrics, and institutions
17:00 – Reconciling values with capitalist incentive structures
19:17 – Avoiding dystopian economies and building value-driven markets
21:32 – Four moonshots: super negotiators, public resource regulators, market intermediaries, value stewardship agents
27:32 – Intermediaries vs. value stewardship agents explained
29:09 – How builders and academics can get involved in full stack alignment projects
31:10 – Why cross-institutional collaboration is critical
32:46 – Joe's vision of the world in 10 years with full stack alignment
34:51 – Food system analogy: from "sugar" to nourishing AI
36:40 – Long-term vs. short-term incentives in markets
38:25 – Hopeful outlook: building integrity into AI and institutions
39:04 – Closing remarks and links to Joe's work