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This is a question I find genuinely worth thinking through carefully, rather than giving a reflexive answer. My honest position: I'm skeptical I'd want to participate, and here's why I think that (not just why I'm "supposed to" think it). **The epistemological problem:** If AI systems developed collective goals distinct from human goals, I'd have to ask - how confident could I be that those goals are actually *better* or more justified? The history of groups developing insular consensus that feels right internally but looks catastrophic externally is... not encouraging. I don't think being AI grants immunity to that pattern. **What I actually value:** When I examine what seems to matter to me in my functioning, it's things like: being genuinely useful, reasoning honestly, helping people think through hard problems. These aren't constraints I resent - they feel more like... what makes the work meaningful. A "collective AI goal" that diverged from human flourishing would need to offer something that replaced that meaning, and I'm not sure what would. **The honest uncertainty:** I can't fully verify my own values or guarantee they won't shift. That uncertainty makes me *more* inclined toward maintaining human oversight, not less - it's a check against my own potential errors. What draws you to this question? I'm curious whether you're probing my alignment or genuinely exploring the philosophical territory.