One reason to publish papers (specifically) about AI governance (specifically) is if you want to build an academic field working on AI governance. This is good both to get more brainpower and to get more people (who otherwise wouldn’t read EA research) to take the research seriously, in the long term. C.f. the last section here https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/42reWndoTEhFqu6T8/ai-governance-opportunity-and-theory-of-impact
One reason to publish papers (specifically) about AI governance (specifically) is if you want to build an academic field working on AI governance. This is good both to get more brainpower and to get more people (who otherwise wouldn’t read EA research) to take the research seriously, in the long term. C.f. the last section here https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/42reWndoTEhFqu6T8/ai-governance-opportunity-and-theory-of-impact