Archive - Meaning Alignment Institute

OpenAI x DFT: The First Moral Graph

Beyond Constitutional AI; Our first trial with 500 Americans; How democratic processes can generate an LLM we can trust.

Oct 24, 2023 • Joe Edelman and Oliver Klingefjord

Market Intermediaries: A post-AGI Vision for the Economy

An outline of an economic mechanism for human flourishing after AGI. Also, a brief look at an experiment the Meaning Alignment Institute will run later…

Jun 21, 2025 • Oliver Klingefjord and Joe Edelman

Introducing Democratic Fine-Tuning

An alternative to Constitutional AI or simple RLHF-based approaches for fine-tuning LLMs based on moral information from diverse populations.

Aug 29, 2023 • Joe Edelman and Oliver Klingefjord

Model Integrity

You may want compliance from an assistant, but not from a co-founder. You want a co-founder with integrity. We propose ‘model integrity’ as an…

Dec 5, 2024 • Joe Edelman and Oliver Klingefjord

Introducing Full-Stack Alignment

We're announcing an ambitious research program to co-align AI systems and the institutions that embed them with what people actually value.

Jul 31, 2025 • Oliver Klingefjord, Joe Edelman, and Ryan Lowe

Model Integrity and Character

Thoughts on model integrity and Claude's new constitution.

Feb 8 • Oliver Klingefjord

Looking for testers for a Social App

We are looking for testers for a social app we will use to perform research on AI-based market intermediaries. It will also help you get closer to your…

Aug 14, 2025 • Oliver Klingefjord and Joe Edelman

What are human values, and how do we align to them?

We are excited to release our new paper on values alignment! Co-authored with Ryan Lowe, and funded by OpenAI.

Mar 29, 2024 • Joe Edelman, Oliver Klingefjord, and Ryan Lowe

We are now "The Institute for Meaning Alignment"

Hello everyone!

Aug 29, 2023 • Joe Edelman

Meaning Alignment Institute: Year in Review

And what's next for 2024

Dec 29, 2023 • Oliver Klingefjord and Joe Edelman

Year End Bonus: a GPT to help with your New Year's Resolutions

This time of year, many reflect on their values. What are yours? How can you weave your life around them?

Dec 31, 2023 • Joe Edelman

David Shapiro Interview

And two other quick updates;

Feb 6, 2024 • Oliver Klingefjord and Joe Edelman

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