My intuition is that there are heaps of very talented people interested in AI Safety but 1/100 of the jobs.
A second intuition I have is that the rejected talent WON'T spillover into other cause areas much (biorisk, animal welfare, whatever) and may event spillover into capabilities!
Let's also assume more companies working towards AI Safety is a good thing (I'm not super interested in debating this point).
How do we get more AI Safety companies off the ground??
I really want to get to the bottom of this, because it seems like the dominant consideration here (i.e. the crux).
Not a top cause area ≠ Not important
At the risk of being too direct, do you as an individual, believe AI safety is an important cause area for EA's to be working on?