But I don't want to have to trust the system to not do the bad thing when I'm away
You have to do that anyway. With a hierarchical control structure at least you have a central point to observe alignment instead of having to study the behaviour of the whole system in detail every time.
You have to do that anyway. With a hierarchical control structure at least you have a central point to observe alignment instead of having to study the behaviour of the whole system in detail every time.