Safety research supply is highly inelastic to money, researcher argues
EigenGender · x · 2026-09-05
Reacting to the view that AI safety needs much more spending but no pause, EigenGender argues that the supply of safety research is extremely inelastic to money — simply pouring in funds may not buy more real safety work.
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