It's really important; we've got a real shot; there are a ton of ways to fail. 

Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/04/30/can-we-safely-automate-alignment-research/. 

There's also a video and transcript of a talk I gave on this topic here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/04/30/video-and-transcript-of-talk-on-automating-alignment-research/