Pausing is convergently useful: an alignment-superhuman AI still isn't a win condition
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-25
nablatheta argues that the capacity to pause is convergently useful, and that even building a superhuman-at-alignment-research AI is not a sufficient win condition: it might successfully create a smarter AI but then need a long time to align it, while race dynamics push everyone to ship something half-baked — a rebuttal to the optimistic 'aligned alignment researcher = win' view.
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