I more mean we need more people placing attention in the direction of alignment. I definitely agree this extends well past researchers (I'd even argue past AI and ML[0]). It is a critical part of being an engineer, programmer, or whatever you want to call it.

You are completely right that we're all involved, but I'm not convinced we're all taking sufficient care to ensure we make alignment happen. That's what I'm trying to make a call of arms to. I believe you are as well, I just wanted to make it explicit that we need active participation, instead of simply passive.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law