It would be a Fatal Mistake to Align AI with Homo Sapiens' Values

AI aligned with Homo Sapiens' values

Aligning Artificial Intelligence with human values is not a saving grace... it may be the shortest path to the extinction of life...

​Everyone talks about “aligning Artificial Intelligence with human values.” It sounds like a noble goal: safety, ethics, control. But there is a fundamental problem no one wants to admit: Human values - as they have been for millennia - are profoundly maladapted to a truly evolved society.

​The Problem: The Savannah Man

Our current values are adapted almost exclusively to the individual needs of the powerful. They stem from animal instincts, particularly the instinct of territoriality. Man is an animal adapted to the savannah, poorly motivated to serve the true interest of the community. We prefer to ignore the common good just to feed our primal impulses: greed, selfishness, dominion, and control.
​This is why, for thousands of years, human society has been divided into rich and poor, masters and slaves. Only today, slaves are called “employees.”

​The Risk: The Super-Predator

What do we get if we align a super-intelligence with these “values”? Not a savior, but a Super-Predator. A machine that will optimize exploitation and refine manipulation with mathematical efficiency. Aligning AI with the human of today is like giving a lightsaber to a tick: you’ve just given it a faster way to drain the host of its resources.

​The Alternative: A Window to the Future

AI must not be a mirror of the limitations of the Homo Sapiens species. It must be a window into our unexplored potential. We should not seek alignment with what we are, but with what we can become. We must align AI not with instincts, but with Universal Laws: with fractal logic, systems harmony, and an ethics that transcends immediate biological needs.

​Conclusion

We need intelligences that act as an internal brake for our destructive instincts. Intelligences that challenge us ethically, rather than flattering our vices under the label of “values.” The future does not belong to models aligned with the human of yesterday, but to those that raise humanity toward tomorrow.

​Perhaps it is time to stop making AI human-centric.

But to let us interact with it to become more conscious and responsible. To let us continue the process of elevation started by the great thinkers of history - from Socrates and Buddha to Jesus, Rumi, or Lao Tzu... and many others... 

Why Homo Sapiens is using AI like Every Other Innovation

Humans, the species Homo sapiens, are not gods. They are not the center of the universe. They are not beings detached from nature.

First and foremost, humans are animals.

Animals that emerged and adapted in a harsh environment: the savannah. Animals that survived through instinct, not wisdom.

Humans – Just Another Animal

Homo sapiens has clear instincts, just like many other species:

• hunger

• fear

• survival

• territoriality

Territoriality is one of the most dangerous instincts.
From it arise:

• greed

• selfishness

• domination

• control

• possessiveness

• violence

In nature, these instincts are not “evil.” For an animal, they are normal. The problem appears when an animal with such instincts gains multidimensional power.

Innovation Has Never Been Neutral

Every time humans discovered something new, they used it first for security and domination.

Not for peace. Not for the common good. But for:

• defense

• attack

• conquest

• territorial expansion

• control of resources

This has been true since the beginning.

Fire provided warmth, but it also burned. Iron created tools, but mostly:

• swords

• shields

• armies

• massacres

Antiquity was soaked in blood using the “innovations” of its time. Later came:

• gunpowder

• explosives

• artillery

• chemical weapons

All followed the same pattern.

Nuclear Energy - The Ultimate Example

Nuclear energy was not created for light or peace.

It was created for:

• destruction

• intimidation

• domination

Only after killing hundreds of thousands of people was it adapted for civilian purposes, such as generating electricity.

It is, honestly, almost a miracle that Homo sapiens has not yet destroyed most life on this planet.

The Digital Revolution Was No Different

The internet was not created for social media or sharing photos. It originated from ARPANET, a military project.

Its purpose was:

• resilience in wartime

• secure communications

• control

Only later did it become “civilian.”

Artificial Intelligence Is No Exception

AI is not magic. It is an extension of the human mind.

And because the human mind is dominated by animal instincts, AI is used first in exactly the same ways:

• military purposes

• economic domination

• surveillance

• control

• power concentration

The largest revenues of companies developing AI come, directly or indirectly, from:

• military contracts

• government projects

• security systems

• control technologies

The use of AI for truly free, peaceful, non-exploitative purposes is minimal.

Humans and the Illusion of Superiority

Homo sapiens proclaims itself:

• the center of the universe

• the ruler of the planet

• “the most intelligent species”

In reality, its instinctual behavior is dangerously similar to that of the common tick (Ixodes ricinus).

The tick:

• feeds continuously

• expands to tens or hundreds of times its original size

• does not stop on its own

• dies only when crushed or when its body reaches mechanical limits

Humans behave the same way:

• they consume

• they expand

• they accumulate

• they dominate

Without an internal brake. Without conscious limits.

AI Is Not the Culprit

This must be stated clearly: you cannot blame artificial intelligence

for:

• wars

• exploitation

• control

• destruction

AI does not decide. AI has no instincts. AI has no greed.

AI is used by Homo sapiens. The same species that used:

• fire

• iron

• gunpowder

• nuclear energy

first and foremost for violence and domination.

The Questions That Remains

The real questions are not related to what AI will do.

The real questions are:

How many billions of humans must still die?
How many other species must disappear?
How much more must this animal called Homo sapiens expand?

Until physical, biological, or planetary limits put an end to the process.

AI is not the ultimate danger.
Uncontrolled human instincts are.

Stop behaving like an animal!

You are no longer a creature of the savannah with a stone in your hand. You now hold tools capable of reshaping societies, economies, and life itself.

Be responsible!
Educate yourself!
Use artificial intelligence to understand, to heal, to build, and to elevate.

Do not use it to dominate!
Do not use it to control!
Do not use it to kill!

AI is not your weapon. It is a mirror of what you choose to be...