The ties are close, yes, but primarily because EAs who became convinced that AI risk was the most important thing to work on then went and worked on it. Simila

The ties are close, yes, but primarily because EAs who became convinced that AI risk was the most important thing to work on then went and worked on it. Similarly, a large fraction of people at the Nucleic Acid Observatory (where I now work) are EAs, for similar reasons: becoming convinced that this is what most needed doing.