Anti-big-tech watchdogs could ally with AI safety, but factional politics sideline them
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to Matthew Stoller's jab at AI safety (calling AI "malfunctioning machines" and dismissing "weirdo 20something cult members"), NatPurser argues corporate-power watchdogs should be natural allies of the AI safety world — both agree tech executives aren't the best stewards of our interests. But factional bias against SF effective altruists, favoring DC civil society and YLS types, is leading many in this space to sideline themselves, which he calls a real shame. Miles Brundage shared the thread.
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