For what it’s worth, I would guess that though the “funness” of AI safety research, or maybe especially technical AI safety research, is probably a factor in determining how many people are interested in working on that, I would be surprised if it’s a factor in determining how much money is allocated towards that as a field.
For what it’s worth, I would guess that though the “funness” of AI safety research, or maybe especially technical AI safety research, is probably a factor in determining how many people are interested in working on that, I would be surprised if it’s a factor in determining how much money is allocated towards that as a field.