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AI safety experts say policy, not research, is now the bottleneck

AI safety experts say policy, not research, is now the bottleneck

An AI safety researcher argues that the field has sufficient knowledge to address catastrophic risks, but awareness among policymakers remains critically low—with an estimated majority of the top ~100–1,000 most influential policymakers worldwide never having had a serious conversation about the issue.

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