I’ll admit I’m pessimistic, because I expect institutional inertia to be large and implementation details to unavoidably leave loopholes. But it definitely sounds interesting.
I agree that institutional inertia is a problem, and more generally there’s the problem of getting principals to do the thing. But it’s more dignified to make alignment/cooperation technology available than not to make it.
I’ll admit I’m pessimistic, because I expect institutional inertia to be large and implementation details to unavoidably leave loopholes. But it definitely sounds interesting.
I’m a bit more optimistic about loopholes because I feel like if agents are determined to build trust, they can find a way.
I agree that institutional inertia is a problem, and more generally there’s the problem of getting principals to do the thing. But it’s more dignified to make alignment/cooperation technology available than not to make it.