Remove the cultural alignment proposal

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 > AI Futures Project, [AI for epistemics](https://ai-2040.com/supplements/ai-for-epistemics) <!-- local evidence: ai-for-epistemics.md:217 -->
 
-AI 2040 does not assign these roles to ANZ. We think ANZ should outspend its allies to build capacity in steering and model personas, industrial cyber and hacking evaluations, locked-down border biosecurity, and locally grounded cultural-alignment evaluations. [LocalValueBench](https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01460) already tests Australian values. We propose extending work like this across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific. Treaty verification could draw on some of the same researchers.
+AI 2040 does not assign these roles to ANZ. We think ANZ should outspend its allies to build capacity in steering and model personas, industrial cyber and hacking evaluations, and locked-down border biosecurity. Treaty verification could draw on some of the same researchers.
 
 ### 3. Ask for terms before signing (2029)
 

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 <p>"Automated research assistants and forecasters. AIs could enable a broad range of actors to have access to high-quality, labor intensive research and forecasts. It’s important that these be as truth-seeking as possible, rather than sycophantic."</p>
 <p>AI Futures Project, <a href="https://ai-2040.com/supplements/ai-for-epistemics">AI for epistemics</a></p>
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-<p>AI 2040 does not assign these roles to ANZ. We think ANZ should outspend its allies to build capacity in steering and model personas, industrial cyber and hacking evaluations, locked-down border biosecurity, and locally grounded cultural-alignment evaluations. <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01460">LocalValueBench</a> already tests Australian values. We propose extending work like this across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific. Treaty verification could draw on some of the same researchers.</p>
+<p>AI 2040 does not assign these roles to ANZ. We think ANZ should outspend its allies to build capacity in steering and model personas, industrial cyber and hacking evaluations, and locked-down border biosecurity. Treaty verification could draw on some of the same researchers.</p>
 <h3 id="3-ask-for-terms-before-signing-2029">3. Ask for terms before signing (2029)</h3>
 <p>Australia is named among the countries that join the deal. New Zealand is not mentioned in any of the 18 supplements we checked. AI 2040 recommends warning countries that leaving would bring heavy sanctions, cyberattacks, and perhaps war.</p>
 <p>Scott Alexander describes what observer countries are offered:</p>