Critique: the closed circular world of AI Safety research, all funded by one guy
banteg · x · 2026-09-22
Journalist David Morris sharply criticizes the "AI Safety Research" world as a small, circular clique: the same tiny group of people switches seats, argues both sides of debates they invented, and speaks a jargon only meaningful to themselves — all essentially funded by a single billionaire. A pointed industry critique of EA-linked safety funding and culture.
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