My impression is that people like you are pretty rare, but all of this is based off subjective impressions and I could be very wrong.
Have you met a lot of other people who came to AI safety from some background other than the Yudkowsky/Superintelligence cluster?
Well, part of my job is making new people that qualify, so yes to some extent. This is true both in my current role and in past work at OpenAI (e.g., https://distill.pub/2019/safety-needs-social-scientists).
My impression is that people like you are pretty rare, but all of this is based off subjective impressions and I could be very wrong.
Have you met a lot of other people who came to AI safety from some background other than the Yudkowsky/Superintelligence cluster?
Well, part of my job is making new people that qualify, so yes to some extent. This is true both in my current role and in past work at OpenAI (e.g., https://distill.pub/2019/safety-needs-social-scientists).