AI Safety's Catch-22: Seem Organized and Funded, or Seem Unserious
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-27
Quoting a thread that observes both AI safetyists/EA and their opponents are well funded, well organized, and sincerely trying to make AI go well, the poster highlights the dilemma: if safety people didn't appear organized and funded, they'd seem unserious — a catch-22.
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