Also, the estimate of the current number of researchers probably underestimates the number of people (or person-hours) who will work on AI safety. You should probably expect further growth to the number of people working on AI safety, because the topic is getting mainstream coverage and support, Hinton and Bengio have become advocates, and it’s being pushed more in EA (funding, community building, career advice).
However, the FTX collapse is reason to believe there will be less funding going forward.
Also, the estimate of the current number of researchers probably underestimates the number of people (or person-hours) who will work on AI safety. You should probably expect further growth to the number of people working on AI safety, because the topic is getting mainstream coverage and support, Hinton and Bengio have become advocates, and it’s being pushed more in EA (funding, community building, career advice).
However, the FTX collapse is reason to believe there will be less funding going forward.