I think that: 1. Being able to design a chemical weapon with probability at least 50% is a capability 2. Following instructions never to design a chemical weapon with probability at least 99.999% is also a capability.
Following instructions never to design a chemical weapon with probability at least 99.999% is also a capability.
This requires a capability, but also requires a propensity. For example, smart humans are all capable of avoiding doing armed robbery with pretty high reliability, but some of them do armed robbery despite being told not to do armed robbery at a earlier point in their life. You could say these robbers didn’t have the capability to follow instructions, but this would be an atypical use of these (admittedly fuzzy) words.
I think that:
1. Being able to design a chemical weapon with probability at least 50% is a capability
2. Following instructions never to design a chemical weapon with probability at least 99.999% is also a capability.
This requires a capability, but also requires a propensity. For example, smart humans are all capable of avoiding doing armed robbery with pretty high reliability, but some of them do armed robbery despite being told not to do armed robbery at a earlier point in their life. You could say these robbers didn’t have the capability to follow instructions, but this would be an atypical use of these (admittedly fuzzy) words.