I sometimes think about plans for how to handle misalignment risk. Different levels of political will for handling misalignment risk result in different plans being the best option. I often divide this into Plans A, B, C, and D (from most to least political will required). See also Buck's quick take about different risk level regimes.

In this post, I'll explain the Plan A/B/C/D abstraction as well as discuss the probabilities and level of risk associated with each plan.

Here is a summary of the level of political will required for each of these plans and the corresponding takeoff trajectory:

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(02:34) Plan A

(04:24) Plan B

(05:24) Plan C

(05:47) Plan D

(06:27) Plan E

(07:20) Thoughts on these plans

The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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