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Priority claim · PC-033
Three-tier alignment hierarchy
The claim - verbatim
Michael Darius Eastwood first described a specific tripartite alignment hierarchy distinguishing embedded, imposed and boundary-layer alignment as separable structural regimes, on 9 February 2026 in Paper III: 'The Alignment Scaling Problem' (OSF DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB). Priority is scoped to this specific tripartite formulation on this date, not over layered-alignment taxonomies generally (inner vs outer alignment, RLHF vs base-model, etc.).
Anchored evidence
- research/papers/paper-iii-alignment-scaling-problem.html (Paper III)
- priority-claims.html (three-tier alignment hierarchy; status his-original)
- research/data/priority-record.json claim_id 'paper-iii-alignment-scaling-problem'
Limits and citation guidance - what this claim does not support, and how to cite it
Limits. Do not claim priority over layered alignment thinking in general.
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