Corrigibility in a broad sense is about the specific ways in which an agent is eager to change. If there is no human in the loop, a corrigible agent might still want to seek out and follow feedback in some way. If AI company CEOs don’t look like a good exclusive target for corrigibility, that just means corrigibility should target some other sources of feedback, not that corrigibility isn’t a key consideration in practice.
Corrigibility in a broad sense is about the specific ways in which an agent is eager to change. If there is no human in the loop, a corrigible agent might still want to seek out and follow feedback in some way. If AI company CEOs don’t look like a good exclusive target for corrigibility, that just means corrigibility should target some other sources of feedback, not that corrigibility isn’t a key consideration in practice.