Public understanding of value misalignment: slightly before the critical period, are there high-profile cases of products failing by being misaligned (the proverbial crushed baby caused by wanting to fetch the coffee sooner) ? If the major players are companies, a widespread public understanding of misalignment could motivate the players to carefully spend more on safety (people won’t buy the product otherwise). Widespread public understanding can also cause cooperation between the players by lowering the fear of being scooped (everyone knows that you need to somewhat solve alignment to have a viable product, so players don’t mind paying the alignment tax so much).
Public understanding of value misalignment: slightly before the critical period, are there high-profile cases of products failing by being misaligned (the proverbial crushed baby caused by wanting to fetch the coffee sooner) ? If the major players are companies, a widespread public understanding of misalignment could motivate the players to carefully spend more on safety (people won’t buy the product otherwise). Widespread public understanding can also cause cooperation between the players by lowering the fear of being scooped (everyone knows that you need to somewhat solve alignment to have a viable product, so players don’t mind paying the alignment tax so much).