If I encounter a capabilities paper that kinda spooks me, what should I do with it? I'm inclined to share it as a draft post with some people I think should know about it. I have encountered such a paper, and I found it in a capabilities discussion group who will have no hesitation about using it to try to accumulate power for themselves, in denial about any negative effects it could have. It runs on individual computers.
edit for capabilities folks finding this later: it was a small potatoes individual paper again lol. but the approach is one I still think very promising.
I think it's really important for everyone to always have a trusted confidant, and to go to them directly with this sort of thing first before doing anything. It is in fact a really tough question, and no one will be good at thinking about this on their own. Also, for situations that might breed a unilateralist's curse type of thing, strongly err on the side of NOT DOING ANYTHING.