AI builders outnumber AI governance hires 7:1 in Europe

consensus1

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

_vertigo

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

goldenarm

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 ?

shaftoe

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

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

AlanYx

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.