I suspect that part of what is going on is that many in the AI safety community are inexperienced with and uncomfortable with politics and have highly negative views about government capabilities.
Another potential (and related) issue, is that people in the AI safety community think that their comparative advantage doesn’t lie in political action (which is likely true) and therefore believe they are better off pursuing their comparative advantage (which is likely false).
I suspect that part of what is going on is that many in the AI safety community are inexperienced with and uncomfortable with politics and have highly negative views about government capabilities.
Another potential (and related) issue, is that people in the AI safety community think that their comparative advantage doesn’t lie in political action (which is likely true) and therefore believe they are better off pursuing their comparative advantage (which is likely false).