I think the question you need to ask yourself is “Given that there are O(10-100x) more Capabilities researchers than Alignment researchers, if I sit on this (exciting but untested) Capabilities idea I just had (which I don’t recall reading anywhere), will that delay Capabilities by more months than the infohazard procedures required to keep this quiet will slow down Alignment? And how sure am I that this idea (if in fact viable) is a pure Capabilities idea and doesn’t have any significant Alignment uses?”
I think the question you need to ask yourself is “Given that there are O(10-100x) more Capabilities researchers than Alignment researchers, if I sit on this (exciting but untested) Capabilities idea I just had (which I don’t recall reading anywhere), will that delay Capabilities by more months than the infohazard procedures required to keep this quiet will slow down Alignment? And how sure am I that this idea (if in fact viable) is a pure Capabilities idea and doesn’t have any significant Alignment uses?”