I think that focusing only on the technical solutions has two shortcomings:
1) Technical solutions are local, so they will work for just one AI, but not for any other AI ine world. To deliver your technical solution to other AI teams you need social or political instrument, which you suggest to ignore. As a result, the only way to make your local solution global is to use first AI to forcefully take over the world. It produce convergence of goals in the direction that first AI must be military AI.
2) Techical solution should not include technical work on AI, as it may increease probability of its creation. It is limiting the field of technical work on AI safety to the decesion theory, utility theory etc.
These two properties produce very narrow field of work on technical AI safety, and most useful fruites are probably outside it.
I think that focusing only on the technical solutions has two shortcomings:
1) Technical solutions are local, so they will work for just one AI, but not for any other AI ine world. To deliver your technical solution to other AI teams you need social or political instrument, which you suggest to ignore. As a result, the only way to make your local solution global is to use first AI to forcefully take over the world. It produce convergence of goals in the direction that first AI must be military AI.
2) Techical solution should not include technical work on AI, as it may increease probability of its creation. It is limiting the field of technical work on AI safety to the decesion theory, utility theory etc.
These two properties produce very narrow field of work on technical AI safety, and most useful fruites are probably outside it.