The current bottleneck is political will, not research

Per LessWrong, the real bottleneck in AI safety is not additional research—it's political will. The piece argues that best practices for managing catastrophic AI risks already exist but aren't being enforced, primarily because most influential policymakers worldwide have never had a serious conversation about the danger. The author, who runs an AI governance think tank, contends that the field invests too heavily in research and too lightly in advocacy and direct engagement with decision-makers. The conclusion: additional effort now does more good through persuasion and policy work than through another research paper.

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