AI builders outnumber AI governance hires 7:1 in Europe

10 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by pmoorcraft

12 Comments

AlanYx

4 hours ago

I disagree with this being flagged. I'd be interested in seeing more data of this type, despite how "preposterous" it is from a tech perspective. I've long speculated that in Canada we're at about a 3:1 ratio for builders to AI regulators if you include government and NGOs, and the numbers in this link from Ireland are not far off that (and this link excludes government and NGO regulatory hires).

It's clear that outside of the US, there is an atypically large regulatory complex building compared to actual implementors.

goldenarm

4 hours ago

The regulations are not meant to be productive, they are meant to reduce negative externalities.

It's like minimizing the cop-to-criminal ratio. Sure it would save money, but would society come out improved ?

_vertigo

4 hours ago

Great, a totally vibe-coded website with a slop “analysis” about AI touting a meaningless ratio with zero context

shaftoe

4 hours ago

What the heck is an AI governance role that would remotely require these kinds of ratios? PCI compliance is critical in payments and no one would suggest you need "PCI governance" in a single digit ratio to "builders".

causality0

4 hours ago

I maintain my position that "being really, really stupid" should be added to the Guidelines for post flagging.

consensus1

41 minutes ago

Should be a separate [stupid] flag, though.

consensus1

4 hours ago

Actual workers should outnumber "governance" bureaucrats by 100:1

anuramat

4 hours ago

the article implies that the perfect balance is 1:1; I want to believe this is just some sort of a ragebait-based PR strategy

pmoorcraft

4 hours ago

Eventually they will. But whilst we adapt, it should be low

anuramat

4 hours ago

why?

pmoorcraft

4 hours ago

Because there are no widely agreed upon standards for AI use. The EU AI Act still doesn't really solve this. Until we can all agree what safe and fair AI use is, companies will scramble to implement their own safeguards