马克思主义实践认识论视角下的人机对齐路径反思OACHSSCD
Reflection on Human-AI Alignment Pathways from the Perspective of Marxist Practical Epistemology
大模型对齐并非单纯的工程调参问题,而是涉及人机关系的认识论问题.当前对齐研究主要依赖统计学习、符号操控、人类反馈与规则约束,虽能在一定程度上提升模型输出的有用性、安全性与合规性,但也容易将人类价值压缩为可标注、可排序和可优化的偏好信号,从而遮蔽认识活动的实践性、社会性与历史性.马克思主义实践认识论表明,认识生成于主体与客体的能动统一,并在社会实践中接受检验和发展.因此,大模型的外在对齐与内在对齐分别对应人类认识中的感性把握与理性加工,对齐过程则表现为随技术条件、社会规范与应用场景变化而不断展开的实践—反馈—修正循环.大模型虽能通过多模态数据训练、推理优化和人类反馈持续提升表现,但其语言表征、概念抽象和价值判断仍不同于以实践为基础的人类认识活动.大模型对齐的合理路径,不在于把模型神秘化为具有完整主体性的"认识者",而在于建设动态情境化的知识基础,优化可解释推理机制,强化"人在回路"并推进人机双向对齐,同时在实践检验、制度约束与责任边界中实现持续校准.
Large model alignment is not merely a matter of engineering parameter tuning,but an epistemological issue concerning human-AI relations.Current alignment research mainly relies on statistical learning,symbolic manipulation,human feedback,and rule-based constraints.Although these approaches can improve the usefulness,safety,and compliance of model outputs to some extent,they tend to compress human values into preference signals that can be labeled,ranked,and optimized,thereby obscuring the practical,social,and historical dimensions of cognition.This paper introduces Marxist practical epistemology as a critical framework for reassessing the nature and limits of human-machine alignment. Marxist practical epistemology holds that knowledge arises from the active,dialectical interaction between subject and object,and is validated and developed through social practice.From this perspective,the paper draws a structural analogy between the dual dimensions of large model alignment and the dual stages of human cognition.External alignment—concerning the model's conformity to factual reality,user intent,and social norms—corresponds to the perceptual grasp of the world.Internal alignment—concerning the logical consistency and interpretability of the model's internal reasoning—corresponds to rational processing.Both dimensions must advance in parallel,just as perceptual materials and rational abstraction interact dialectically in human cognition.Alignment is thus not a static achievement but a cyclical process of practice-feedback-revision,continuously unfolding in response to changing technological conditions,social norms,and application scenarios.This cyclical character is not an incidental feature but a necessary consequence of the historical and open-ended nature of practice itself—as social conditions evolve,so too must the criteria and methods of alignment. Building on this foundation,the paper develops three practical pathways for alignment.The first concerns dynamic knowledge construction.Just as rational knowledge depends on rich and critically examined perceptual materials,large models must move beyond static training data to incorporate streaming learning,online updates,and embodied simulation.The second pathway addresses interpretable reasoning.By integrating symbolic reasoning which provides traceability and logical structure,with neural reasoning which enables large-scale pattern recognition,and by enforcing structured reasoning protocols,alignment systems can achieve both explanatory power and adaptive performance.The third pathway expands"human-in-the-loop"into bidirectional human-machine alignment:technically,through RLHF and retrieval-augmented generation;socially,by cultivating users'critical capacities to assess and selectively adopt AI-generated outputs.These pathways are not merely technical recommendations but epistemological commitments:they recognize that alignment,like human cognition itself,must remain responsive to the concrete conditions in which it operates. Despite these pathways,the paper identifies two fundamental limits.The first is linguistic representation:large models can generate coherent texts but cannot participate in the socially situated practices through which meaning is constituted.This is not a temporary shortfall but a structural asymmetry:models operate on statistical regularities,while human meaning is forged in labor,interaction,and historical life,and those domains cannot be fully captured by any corpus.The second is practical rationality:models can simulate certain forms of reasoning but lack the reflective judgment,responsibility,and value commitment that emerge from actual human activity.This limit,too,is constitutive rather than contingent.It follows from the fact that models are trained on past data,whereas human practical reason is oriented toward an open future that demands situated judgment.In response,the paper proposes two corresponding strategies:shifting from"linguistic data alignment"to"practical-contextual alignment",and shifting from"rule control"to"practice-based feedback and accountability".These strategies require scenario-specific training,stakeholder participation,value-sensitive design,and institutional mechanisms for continuous auditing and human oversight.They are consistent with China's regulatory framework for generative AI. The paper concludes that the future of alignment lies not in eliminating the differences between human cognition and machine computation,but in reconstructing practical boundaries that respect these differences.Specifically,at the linguistic level,alignment must overcome the limitations of abstract corpus-based alignment through practical-contextual alignment;at the governance level,it must overcome the inadequacy of mere rule control through practice-based feedback and accountability.Only in this way can the development of large models avoid degenerating into formalistic language fitting or mere preference accommodation,and instead achieve sustainable alignment under the normative guidance of human subjectivity,social values,and public responsibility.
王亮;康宁芮
西安交通大学 马克思主义学院,陕西 西安 710049西安交通大学 马克思主义学院,陕西 西安 710049
信息技术与安全科学
马克思主义实践认识论人工智能大模型人机对齐实践检验制度约束责任边界
Marxist practical epistemologyartificial intelligencelarge language modelshuman-AI alignmentverification through practiceinstitutional constraintsboundaries of responsibility
《西安交通大学学报(社会科学版)》 2026 (5)
167-175,9
教育部哲学社会科学研究重大课题攻关项目(24JZD005)国家社会科学基金后期资助重点项目(23FZXA011).
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