Some “coherence arguments” are two different things in a trenchcoat alignmentforum.org

An Alignment Forum author argues that “coherence arguments” bundle two different effects: strong pressure against choices that undermine an agent’s own preferences, and weaker, more contingent pressure toward ruthless focus on long-term outcomes. The post applies this distinction to market competition, AI self-modification and training, warning that conflating the effects can overstate how strongly those arguments support predictions of power-seeking AI.