# Evan Miyazono: Alignment Is Not Enough | Intelligence at the Frontier 2026

- Speakers: [Evan Miyazono](https://streameth.org/speakers/evan-miyazono)
- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2026-05-09
- Duration: 15:43
- Topics: Evan Miyazono, Atlas Computing, AI alignment, AI safety 2026, AI governance 2026, model specification, AI checks and balances, formal verification, AI safety research, multipolar AI, AI institutions, sovereign infrastructure, Intelligence at the Frontier, Funding the Commons, tech for good, AI policy 2026, AI regulation, alignment research, AI constitution, democratic AI governance
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-wMr2h4LA6uQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMr2h4LA6uQ

## Description

Imagine a box where an AI system learns everything about your values and preferences. You walk in, spend a few hours, and walk out with a perfectly aligned AI. Evan Miyazono's talk starts here — and then explains why that's still not enough.

Evan, founder of Atlas Computing and former director of Funding the Commons, argues that for high-stakes domains like nuclear infrastructure or financial systems, even a 99% probability guarantee isn't acceptable. Alignment is necessary but not sufficient. What's needed alongside it is structure: explicit checks and balances, verifiable constraints, and institutions with clearly scoped responsibilities — the same logic behind how democracies are designed to prevent unchecked power.

His proposal is a 5-to-1 nonprofit where delegates from labs agree on a shared model specification that becomes a verifiable, multipolar governance target no single company controls.

Speaker: Evan Miyazono (Atlas Computing)

This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco.

Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io