If humans didn't need whack-a-mole alignment, the law system wouldn't exist, so i guess there's no intelligence there either.
I responded to this idea more in detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686196
But tl;dr: even if LLMs do have the intelligence to understand the consequences of their actions, there is no way for them to experience consequences.
You are human. You claim humans intelligent. Then, why should we accept your argument?