Briefing EU Commission, UK Parliament and US Congress in weeks: AI governance experts are stretched thin
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-10-10
AI governance researcher S.O. describes a punishing schedule: briefing the US Congress two weeks ago, the European Commission this week, and UK Parliament next week, while rushing briefings in between and turning down UNGA and WAIC due to workload. He highlights how tiny the independent frontier AI governance expert community is at the mid-career/senior level that aides want in front of decision-makers, forcing brutal tradeoffs as everyone declines invitations. His core point: policymakers can see these systems are dangerous and getting more so, current evidence is far more compelling than theoretical arguments, and there is a narrow window to act before a catastrophe with human consequences. He asks for forgiveness as he falls behind on emails and messages.
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