Ben Kuhn criticizes misleading AI safety investment ratio chart
benkuhn · x · 2026-08-24
Ben Kuhn criticizes a chart comparing safety investment ratios across industries as highly misleading. He argues that counting safety staff via LinkedIn profiles underestimates the count, and the chart compares LLM safety staff to total company headcount (including sales/admin), while other industries compare to R&D costs only.
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