Frontier lab insiders say voicing AI safety skepticism is socially costly
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-09-11
Andrew Ho argues frontier labs have a strong social desirability bias: politely reasoned skepticism about AI safety makes you unpopular internally, and with 7-8 figure compensation there's little incentive to make enemies. The observation echoes Matt Zeitlin's note that outsiders (Meta, VCs) are the most skeptical of 'AI Safety.'
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