Plenty of AI company talent would take big pay cuts to join public safety bodies
AndyMasley · x · 2026-11-15
Chris Painter argues there's a large pool of talent inside AI companies and other private organizations willing to take big pay cuts to work in government, if the government credibly empowered public AI safety institutions. The bottleneck isn't talent supply but institutional roles and authority.
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