Against smolbeanism: AI safety has a huge war chest, so stop rooting for the underdog
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-04
Nathan Young's essay "Against smolbeanism" pushes back on everyone's instinct to be the underdog: AI companies are doing well, and AI safety invested early in Anthropic and has a huge war chest, so it's unclear who spends more on lobbying. He admits the stance costs him popularity on both sides. "I don't hate the overdog."
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