Why are so many VCs anti-AI-safety? A researcher's confused thread
jungofthewon · x · 2026-09-25
The author puzzles over why many VCs are vocal against AI safety, weighing possible explanations: greed for even more money beyond current intelligence levels, a financial structure where small lab revenue dips could collapse data center GPU demand, or an aesthetic dogma of moving fast at all costs.
They note safety itself could be profitable and compare the mood to 2020/2021, when investors were obsessively drawn to crypto over AI.
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