They're hiring as many loonies as they can, so they know where they are. Think about it this way - you want the highest quality AI development team you can get

They're hiring as many loonies as they can, so they know where they are. Think about it this way - you want the highest quality AI development team you can get, so you hire everyone. Then you put the more "fringe-y" characters in a building by themselves, where you can let them tinker about and make ridiculous statements in public and not do any real harm, while the grown-ups actually get on with things.