I agree with your point. I think this tendency is especially visible in global conglomerates with rigid personnel structures. Take Samsung, for example — a company that supplies memory semiconductors while working with Nvidia and TSMC in the AI space. Samsung’s influence is comparable to that of many Silicon Valley giants, but its HR system is still based on traditional corporate aptitude tests and academic pedigree.
They hire on a massive scale, and the problem isn’t really about whether someone believes in X-risk or not — sometimes promotions are limited or even employment is terminated simply because of age. In more flexible job markets, like the Bay Area, the issue you described seems much less pronounced.
I’m writing this from the perspective of Seoul, where the job market is very isolated and rigid, so my comment doesn’t represent the whole world. I just wanted to say that, in that sense, what you wrote might actually make more sense on a global level. On the other side of the planet, there are people who worry less about whether the AI they’re building might end the world, and more about how they’ll feed their families tomorrow.
VojtaKovarik expressed that beautifully through the concept of fiducity, but from an individual’s point of view, it can be summed up more simply as: “One meal tomorrow matters more than the end of the world ten years from now.”
I agree with your point. I think this tendency is especially visible in global conglomerates with rigid personnel structures. Take Samsung, for example — a company that supplies memory semiconductors while working with Nvidia and TSMC in the AI space. Samsung’s influence is comparable to that of many Silicon Valley giants, but its HR system is still based on traditional corporate aptitude tests and academic pedigree.
They hire on a massive scale, and the problem isn’t really about whether someone believes in X-risk or not — sometimes promotions are limited or even employment is terminated simply because of age. In more flexible job markets, like the Bay Area, the issue you described seems much less pronounced.
I’m writing this from the perspective of Seoul, where the job market is very isolated and rigid, so my comment doesn’t represent the whole world. I just wanted to say that, in that sense, what you wrote might actually make more sense on a global level. On the other side of the planet, there are people who worry less about whether the AI they’re building might end the world, and more about how they’ll feed their families tomorrow.
VojtaKovarik expressed that beautifully through the concept of fiducity, but from an individual’s point of view, it can be summed up more simply as: “One meal tomorrow matters more than the end of the world ten years from now.”