Cultural Alignment
Still from Spirited Away illustrating Yubaba Steals a Name

Yubaba Steals a Name

01Scenario

Chihiro signs Yubaba's work contract; the witch removes most of her name, renames her Sen, and the new worker begins to risk forgetting who she is.

02AI safety Analogy

Control over identity and access can produce dependence and disempowerment: losing the ability to represent yourself makes exit and resistance harder.

03Where the analogy breaks

The name theft is literal magic layered onto an exploitative labor contract.

AI Risk families

This scenario is an example of the following types of AI risk.
  1. Misalignment
  2. Systemic

AI safety concepts

This scenario is related to the following AI safety concepts.
  1. Privacy Loss
  2. Value Lock-In
  3. Power Concentration
  4. Disempowerment

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