AI safety nonprofits pay far less than labs, pushing back on the scientist exodus narrative
anpaure · x · 2026-09-16
Responding to the trend of frontier lab scientists leaving for AI safety startups, anpaure notes that safety nonprofits are nowhere near as lucrative as labs — typically paying less than even big tech, despite recent salary bumps. The implicit tension: 'preventing broad societal harms' narratives attract funding, while solving actual AI harms does not.
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