  For humanity to maintain and expand its agency into the future, the most
powerful systems we create must be those which act to align the future with the
will of humanity. The most powerful systems today are massive institutions like
governments, firms, and NGOs. Deliberative technology is already being used
across these institutions to help align governance and diplomacy with human
will, and modern AI is poised to make this technology significantly better. At
the same time, the race to superhuman AGI is already underway, and the AI
systems it gives rise to may become the most powerful systems of the future.
Failure to align the impact of such powerful AI with the will of humanity may
lead to catastrophic consequences, while success may unleash abundance. Right
now, there is a window of opportunity to use deliberative technology to align
the impact of powerful AI with the will of humanity. Moreover, it may be
possible to engineer a symbiotic coupling between powerful AI and deliberative
alignment systems such that the quality of alignment improves as AI
capabilities increase.
