Loosemore, Yudkowsky, and myself are all discussing AIs that have a goal misaligned with human values that they nevertheless find motivating.

If that is supposed to be a universal or generic AI, it is a valid criticiYsm to point out that not all AIs are like that.

If that is supposed to be a particular kind of AI, it is a valid criticism to point out that no realistic AIs are like that.

You seem to feel you are not being understood, but what is being said is not clear,

1 Whether or not "superintelligent" is a meaningful term in this context

"Superintelligence" is one of the clearer terms here, IMO. It just means more than human intelligence, and humans can notice contradictions.

This comment seems to be part of a concernabout "wisdom", assumed to be some extraneous thing an AI would not necessarily have. (No one but Vaniver has brought in wisdom) The counterargument is that compartmentalisation between goals and instrumental knowledge is an extraneous thing an AI would not necessarily have, and that its absence is all that is needed for a contradictions to be noticed and acted on.

2 Whether we should expect generic AI designs to recognize misalignments, or whether such a realization would impact the goal the AI pursues.

It's an assumption, that needs justification, that any given AI will have goals of a non trivial sort. "Goal" is a term that needs tabooing.

Neither Yudkowsky nor I think either of those are reasonable to expect--as a motivating example, we are happy to subvert the goals that we infer evolution was directing us towards in order to better satisfy "our" goals. I

While we are anthopomirphising, it might be worth pointing out that humans don't show behaviour patterns of relentlessly pursuing arbitrary goals.

oals. I suspect that Loosemore thinks that viable designs would recognize it, but agrees that in general that recognition does not have to lead to an alignment

Loosemore has put forward a simple suggestion, which MIRI appears not to have considered at all, that on encountering a contradiction, an AI could lapse into a safety mode, if so designed,

3 ...sees cleverness and wisdom as closely tied together

You are paraphrasing Loosemoreto sound less technical and more handwaving than his actual comments. The ability to sustain contradictions in a system that is constantly updating itself isnt a given....it requires an architectural choice in favour of compartmentalisation.