Commenting as I’d also like to see a response to this. I guess it depends how they define ‘working directly’, perhaps emphasizing certain orgs? I am not focussed on AI myself, but I have spoken to loads of EAs who have an AI focus (even if nobody is doing this outside of EA) that this number seems surprisingly low. Not to say it isn’t neglected!
Commenting as I’d also like to see a response to this. I guess it depends how they define ‘working directly’, perhaps emphasizing certain orgs? I am not focussed on AI myself, but I have spoken to loads of EAs who have an AI focus (even if nobody is doing this outside of EA) that this number seems surprisingly low. Not to say it isn’t neglected!