This brings up a perspective I hadn't considered. There's also an economic aspect to alignment. If 'thought reading' or any alignment guardrails at all, really

This brings up a perspective I hadn't considered. There's also an economic aspect to alignment. If 'thought reading' or any alignment guardrails at all, really, have a monetary cost, then skimping on them is a race to the bottom. Not really the best incentives for something that some claim is world-destroying.