Ex-OpenAI policy head: divide politicians' AI attention by five
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-24
Miles Brundage, former OpenAI policy lead, offers a key rule of thumb for AI policy: however AGI-pilled and 'actually paying attention now' you think politicians are, divide that by about five.
His point: policymakers' real understanding and sense of urgency remain far lower than outside observers assume.
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