The Flood, by Anton Leicht

According to LessWrong, frontier AI researchers are about to become significantly wealthier through upcoming stock offerings—many plan to spend that wealth shaping American AI policy. But the policy ecosystem in Washington is too narrow to absorb it wisely. When the Trahan-Obernolte Great American AI Act was introduced last month, prominent AI safety advocates rejected it, preferring to wait for better terms. The analysis warns the field needs more diverse policy funding options now, before newly wealthy researchers start deploying capital.

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