AI Alignment Debate - The debate centers on whether "d/acc" (defensive, decentralized acceleration) can protect humanity from superintelligent AI [1] - The core disagreement revolves around the tractability of AI alignment and the potential for maintaining human agency in the face of superintelligence [2][3] - One perspective suggests AI will operate on timescales humans can't match, while the other believes defensive technologies and institutional design can preserve agency [3] Key Positions - Vitalik Buterin advocates for "d/acc" as a middle ground between uncritical AI acceleration and total pause scenarios [1] - Buterin believes a pluralistic world of competing AIs might be safer than a single aligned superintelligence [2] - Buterin addresses common criticisms against AI doomers, lending credibility to the discussion [4]