OpenAI and DeepMind have in principle billions of dollars of spending power each and are now significantly interested in this topic)
While I think there is a true point in this vicinity (it will be a lot easier to fund ML-based approaches, including at these organizations, but also others), this seems to be overstating the relevant resources and the effort going into safety topics. OpenAI has been funded with a billion dollars (although it might receive more funding later), and its annual spending must of course be lower. And both of these organizations have primary aims of advancing AI, with limited efforts on safety issues thus far.
While I think there is a true point in this vicinity (it will be a lot easier to fund ML-based approaches, including at these organizations, but also others), this seems to be overstating the relevant resources and the effort going into safety topics. OpenAI has been funded with a billion dollars (although it might receive more funding later), and its annual spending must of course be lower. And both of these organizations have primary aims of advancing AI, with limited efforts on safety issues thus far.