Governance·Exploring·Last reviewed May 1, 2026
This page is a stub. I’ve marked the territory but haven’t written my views here yet. The headings below are placeholders — the actual beliefs, uncertainties, and evidence are still in my notes. If you want my current take on this topic before it lands here, get in touch.
Where I currently stand
<Headline view: power-concentration risk is structurally important and underweighted in the safety conversation; it cuts across both "misuse by a small group" and "decisive AI capability changes the bargaining position of states or labs". The interesting questions are about institutional design rather than technical mitigation.>
Current beliefs
- Power-concentration risk is at least comparable in expected harm to misalignment risk on a 10-year horizon. ~XX% — <why>.
- Most current safety governance reduces misalignment risk while modestly increasing concentration risk. ~XX% — <why>.
- <Claim about democratic legitimacy mechanisms for frontier development.> ~XX% — <why>.
Uncertainties
- Do RSP-style commitments structurally favour incumbents in a way that increases concentration risk? Why it matters: bears on which governance designs are net-positive.
- What concrete institutional designs would meaningfully reduce concentration risk without weakening safety governance? Why it matters: this is the under-developed edge of the field.
What would update me
- A clean institutional-design proposal that demonstrably reduces both misalignment and concentration risk would shift the field.
- A real-world case of safety regulation entrenching incumbents would sharpen the empirical picture.
Recent reading
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