AI Safety Funding Debate: Should Dustin Moskovitz Back Fewer, Bigger Orgs?
LeRoyDesCimes · x · 2026-10-04
Responding to Dustin Moskovitz's preference for funding "a smaller number of larger, more mature orgs," LeRoyDesCimes argues the opposite is needed: with AI moving extraordinarily fast and awareness spreading like wildfire, the AI safety field has more credible intervention points and more resources than ever. The right strategy, he says, is many wilder, hits-based bets — flexibility, moving fast, punting — not consolidation. He acknowledges some large EA orgs have stayed nimble but claims Dustin's thinking is driven by risk-aversion and optics, which he considers entirely wrong motivations.