Can alignment realistically be solved under Plan C?

In his recent post , Scott Alexander argues that plans allocating a short amount of time—perhaps a few months—to solving alignment should be taken seriously. He argues that people calling for an indefinite or long pause have insufficient grounds for concluding that alignment of ASI is very difficult and cannot simply be solved by delegating it to AI systems. There's a kafkatrap where if someone expresses hope that alignment is not doomed, they get told that they don't understand the subject, but if they quote widely-acknowledged experts who say alignment isn't doomed, they get accused of "defe

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