This is like the inverse of “alignment is a capability, therefore alignment work is useful for capabilities”: general capability is required for alignment, therefore all general capability work is useful for alignment. I don’t think we’re obliged to stop alignment work because of unavoidable dual use, but neither should we do every single thing that advances alignment in a vacuum. We’re playing a multiplayer tech tree game.
This is like the inverse of “alignment is a capability, therefore alignment work is useful for capabilities”: general capability is required for alignment, therefore all general capability work is useful for alignment. I don’t think we’re obliged to stop alignment work because of unavoidable dual use, but neither should we do every single thing that advances alignment in a vacuum. We’re playing a multiplayer tech tree game.
I should probably link an old post of mine that explains what that means.