近期，两位在人工智能安全领域有重要影响力的立法者，纽约RAISE法案的作者Alex Bores和加州的Scott Wiener，相隔两天宣布竞选国会席位，这被认为是一个非同寻常的巧合。文章呼吁读者了解支持Scott Wiener竞选的理由，并提醒捐款可能带来的公开记录和潜在职业影响。作者建议，如果尚未给Bores捐款达到上限，应优先考虑；如果已达到上限且职业不受影响，则可以考虑现在捐款给Wiener。但如果对作者的假设模型有异议，也可以选择等待现任议员Nancy Pelosi宣布退休后再做决定。

🗓️ 近期两位重要AI安全立法倡导者宣布竞选国会席位，分别是纽约RAISE法案的Alex Bores和加州的Scott Wiener，两人宣布时间仅相隔两天，实属巧合。

💰 文章建议有意捐款给Scott Wiener的读者，首先应了解支持其竞选的原因，并认识到政治捐款是公开记录，可能对职业生涯产生影响，从而决定是否愿意捐款。

🥇 作者认为，如果尚未给Alex Bores的捐款达到上限，应优先考虑捐款给他。如果已达到上限，且捐款给挑战现任议员的候选人不会对个人职业产生负面影响，则建议考虑现在捐款给Scott Wiener。

⏳ 对于在联邦政策领域工作，捐款反对现任议员可能损害职业生涯的人士，作者建议可以考虑等待现任议员Nancy Pelosi宣布退休后再进行捐款。

🤝 作者公开了自己的立场，认为在边际捐款方面，支持Alex Bores仍然略优于支持Wiener。但最终的捐款决策应基于个人情况和对作者分析模型的判断。

Published on October 22, 2025 6:40 PM GMT

Written in my personal capacity. Thanks to many people for conversations and comments. Written in less than 24 hours; sorry for any sloppiness.

 

It’s an uncanny, weird coincidence that the two biggest legislative champions for AI safety in the entire country announced their bids for Congress just two days apart. But here we are.

On Monday, I put out a long blog post making the case for donating to Alex Bores, author of the New York RAISE Act. And today I’m doing the exact same thing for Scott Wiener, who announced a run for Congress in California today (October 22).

Much like with Alex Bores, if you’re potentially interested in donating to Wiener, my suggestion would be to:

Read this post to understand the case for donating to Scott Wiener.Understand that political donations are a matter of public record, and that this may have career implications. Decide if you are willing to donate to Scott Wiener anyway.
If you’ve already donated to Bores, I think there isn’t much cause for concern, with one exception. If you have the sort of federal policy role where donating against an incumbent might hurt your career, or think there’s a good chance that you will be in such a role in the near future, consider waiting to donate until Nancy Pelosi, the incumbent, announces retirement.
If you would like to donate to Scott Wiener, you can donate at this link.

To state my bottom line up front, I think that:

Marginal donations to Alex Bores still look a bit better than donating to Wiener. If you haven’t yet maxed out to Bores, my recommendation is to do that first.If you have maxed out to Bores, and you are not working in a policy role where donating against an incumbent might hurt your career (and won’t be in the near future), my recommendation would be to donate now (Wednesday, October 22nd) to Wiener.
However, if you disagree with my modeling assumptions, you might decide that it makes sense to instead wait and only donate if Nancy Pelosi retires.

[Full post incoming; for now, use the link at the top for the full post!]

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