Check out the current work of Stuart Russell. There's some legit work being done to figure out alignment problems that aren't attempts to solve all human values

Check out the current work of Stuart Russell. There's some legit work being done to figure out alignment problems that aren't attempts to solve all human values. EA basically splits into extremely hard-nosed short term projects and much riskier, but potentially extremely valuable projects guaranteeing the long term future of humanity. This is a consequence of those extremes being the most neglected.