There Is No Alignment Without Value Stability

To avert extinction, we need for any sufficiently capable AI to have values compatible with continued human existence; and to continue to do so amidst a dynamic, novel, and conflict-rich environment.The italicized part, in particular, is really really hard. It's also, in a sense, the final boss of any developing mind - how do I learn, grow, develop, evolve in ways that I endorse? How can I even consistently behave in ways that I endorse, from day to day, without messing up where it counts?Humans...