Comment by Andrea Dehlendorf

At The Curve in Berkeley last weekend, many AI staff told me that they are increasingly ready to act to prevent catastrophic risks. They know the IPOs will push incentives even further toward short-term financial returns. They also know that changing the AI race takes coordination across labs—and with the AI safety community, regulators, and policymakers. They want to understand what they can and can’t do from their positions internally. A labor organization that you win—either by a majority vote or management voluntarily recognizing a majority petition—is the strongest vehicle to lock in enforceable rights. If you win a recognized union, the mandatory negotiating topics (called collective bargaining) your employer will be required to engage in are limited to working conditions. However, similar to the answers above, permissible subjects of bargaining include topics that impact the outside world, as long as they can tie to working conditions, meaning you can include them.