A better question might be, those people who think (and are right) that they could most helpfully contribute to alignment research, and also think that it is the most important issue they could be working on, yet are doing something else, why are they doing something else? (And I doubt that with these caveats you will find 50 people like that.)
A better question might be, those people who think (and are right) that they could most helpfully contribute to alignment research, and also think that it is the most important issue they could be working on, yet are doing something else, why are they doing something else? (And I doubt that with these caveats you will find 50 people like that.)