Wednesday 9 September 2026 · Emerging Patterns · P283
P283: Positive Alignment as Flourishing Infrastructure
Source. Laukkonen, Krier, Bakalar, Chandaria et al.. arXiv:2605.10310.
Claim. Positive Alignment: AI supporting human and ecological flourishing pluralistically and polycentrically while remaining safe.
Design pillars: contextual grounding, community customization, continual adaptation, polycentric governance. Moves alignment from pure harm-avoidance toward flourishing infrastructure. EN catalog reaches 232 (ZH 231) at this ship; graph 232 nodes / 1068 edges.
Edges. P277 / P282 / P274 / P271 / P270. EN catalog was 232 before this ship.