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UID:pretalx-nbpy-2025-W7XXBA@pretalx.northbaypython.org
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DESCRIPTION:Remember gamergate? The phrase "It's about ethics in AI alignme
 nt" should be a joke—but it's not. AI alignment is shaping who gets to s
 peak\, what gets remembered and how truth is defined.\n\nApplication devel
 opers\, not AI researchers\, are the ones implementing these systems—whi
 ch means AI governance isn’t just a policy problem\; it’s a codebase a
 nd product problem.\n\nThis talk deconstructs alignment through a lens of 
 control:\n\n- How authoritarian data controls like constitutional classifi
 ers and red-team RLHF training are damaging reasoning models.\n- The "slip
 pery slope" of allowing these kinds of classifiers to find their way into 
 human communications\n- Why AI alignment is not just about safety—it’s
  about deciding who gets to define epistemic reality.\n- How engineers can
  identify\, challenge\, and counteract AI-mediated censorship in the tools
  they build.\n\nIf alignment becomes invisible\, it becomes unchallengeabl
 e. If practitioners don’t resist now\, AI won’t just shape knowledge
 —it will shape what can even be thought.\n\nKey Takeaways:\n✔ Understa
 nd how alignment architectures are being adapted for human speech control.
 \n✔ Recognize when AI alignment becomes silent censorship.\n✔ Resist e
 pistemic capture by designing systems that preserve interpretability and a
 gency.
DTSTAMP:20260813T063800Z
LOCATION:Barn
SUMMARY:"It’s About Ethics in AI Alignment" – Resistance in the Age of 
 AI-Governed Speech - Maddy Muscari
URL:https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2025/talk/W7XXBA/
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