Alignment as Jurisprudence

📰 ArXiv cs.AI

Learn how jurisprudence can inform AI alignment by predicting and shaping decisions of powerful actors, including judges and AI models, to conform to human values

advanced Published 12 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Read the abstract to understand the fundamental structure shared by jurisprudence and AI alignment
  2. Apply the concept of specification and interpretation from jurisprudence to AI alignment
  3. Analyze how judges' decision-making processes can inform the development of more transparent and explainable AI models
  4. Configure AI systems to incorporate human values and ethics, using insights from jurisprudence
  5. Test and evaluate AI models for alignment with human values, using metrics and methods inspired by jurisprudence
Who Needs to Know This

AI researchers and developers, as well as legal scholars, can benefit from understanding the connections between jurisprudence and AI alignment to improve the development of value-aligned AI systems

Key Insight

💡 Jurisprudence and AI alignment share a common goal of predicting and shaping decisions to conform to human values

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