Level 0
Alignment Literacy
Certified Alignment Foundations (CAF)
- The alignment lens
- Why systems fail
- Layered reality
- Reality vs. proxies
- Feedback and correction
- The participation loop
12 chapters
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Build systems that stay aligned.
Learn to design, measure, model, engineer, and architect alignment in AI systems, organizations, policies, and economies.
Science-basedGrounded in ATS, AANA & AIx
PracticalTools, labs & case studies
MeasurableEvidence over appearances
ConstructedSystems & institutions
BiologicalLife & human impact
PhysicalReality & constraints
ATS / AANA / AIxReality-grounded alignment
Progressive mastery
The Alignment Sciences Certification Path
Begin with system literacy. Finish able to architect alignment across institutions.
Level 1
ATS Foundations
Certified ATS Practitioner (CAP)
- Layered constraint ontology
- Viable regions
- Hidden constraints
- Alignment dynamics
- The Three Laws
- Alignment incompleteness
20 chapters
Level 2
AIx Measurement
Certified Alignment Analyst (CAA)
- Measurement philosophy
- AIx instrument architecture
- 0–5 scoring
- Evidence collection
- Validity and sensitivity
- Dashboards and reporting
30 chapters
Level 3
AANA Engineering
Certified Alignment Systems Engineer (CASE)
- Verifier stack design
- Retrieval and grounding
- Correction policies
- Alignment gates
- Inference loops
- Evaluation and telemetry
28 chapters
Level 4
ATS Modeling
Certified Alignment Researcher (CAR)
- Dynamical systems
- Control theory
- Spectral stability
- Geometry and manifolds
- Viability theory
- Simulation design
27 chapters
Level 5
Alignment Architect
Certified Alignment Architect (CAA+)
- Enterprise AIx audits
- Constraint tension graphs
- Recovery architecture
- Networked misalignment
- Institutional adoption
- Capstone portfolio
25 chapters
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Your Level 0 module
Certified Alignment Foundations · CAF
Alignment Literacy
Learn to see system drift, proxy capture, and feedback failure before they become invisible operating norms.
Graduate outcome
Diagnose a real system and build a grounded feedback-and-correction plan.
Core terrain
- The alignment lens
- Why systems fail
- Layered reality
- Reality vs. proxies
- Feedback and correction
- The participation loop
Core lessonAlignment Foundations
CertificationCertified Alignment Foundations
Slide deckSystem Alignment Diagnostic
InfographicSystem Drift Guide
Audio field noteStop Mistaking the Scoreboard for Success
Certify your impact
A discipline for systems that matter.
Join practitioners, analysts, engineers, researchers, and architects building systems that remain connected to reality, humanity, and purpose.
6Progressive credentials
653Curriculum pages
30Learning assets
1Coherent discipline
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Science firstGround claims in reality, constraints, and evidence.
02
Correction centeredDesign systems that notice, respond, and recover.
03
Systems thinkingConnect components, dynamics, and consequences.
04
Ethical by designKeep human impact inside the engineering frame.
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