Endowed chairs proposed to retain academic voices in AI safety
tallinzen · x · 2026-08-19
The author suggests that a high-impact use of incoming AI safety philanthropy is creating endowed chair mechanisms to keep independent voices in academia, arguing that the current tuition-dependent model is unsustainable against tech salaries.
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