I think alignment work is more promising than control work — LessWrong
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Summary * The primary ToC for control makes the case that control is compelling even if it does not scale to ASI. I think it is underdiscussed that…
x I think alignment work is more promising than control work — LessWrong AI Frontpage 98 I think alignment work is more promising than control work by Alec Harris 3rd Jul 2026 10 min read 15 98 Summary The primary ToC for control makes the case that control is compelling even if it does not scale to ASI. I think it is underdiscussed that this is also true for alignment (for all the same reasons). Even though control does not need to scale to ASI, the further control does scale, the better. This is also true of alignment, and alignment seems more likely to scale further. This is my mainline con
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