Claim that 100,000 boost AI while only 300 work on safety sparks dispute

Historian Rutger Bregman's claim that roughly 100,000 people work on making AI more capable while only 300 work on safety sparked dispute over its accuracy. Blogger jdpressman reviewed his tweet history and accused him of outright lying about his EA beliefs.

2026-11-16 ~ 2026-11-16 · 2 related posts

• "100,000 people make AI more powerful, only 300 make it safer" — claim sparks dispute — jd_pressman · 2026-11-16
• Blogger accuses counterpart of outright lying about his EA beliefs after digging through tweet history — jd_pressman · 2026-11-16