the way I now think about these scenarios is that there’s a tradeoff between technical ability and political ability
I also like this, and appreciate you pointing out a tradeoff where the discouse was presenting an either-or decision. I’d actually considered a follow-up post on the pareto boundary between unilaterally maximizing (altruistic) utility and multilaterally preserving coordination boundaries and consent norms.
Relating your ontology to mine, I’d say that in the AGI arena, technical ability contributes more to the former (unilaterally maximizing...) than the latter (multilaterally preserving...), and political ability contributes more to the latter than the former.
I also like this, and appreciate you pointing out a tradeoff where the discouse was presenting an either-or decision. I’d actually considered a follow-up post on the pareto boundary between unilaterally maximizing (altruistic) utility and multilaterally preserving coordination boundaries and consent norms. Relating your ontology to mine, I’d say that in the AGI arena, technical ability contributes more to the former (unilaterally maximizing...) than the latter (multilaterally preserving...), and political ability contributes more to the latter than the former.