It’s a crooked game, but it’s the only game in town?
None of that is evidence that SI would be more effective if it had more money. Assign odds to hostile AI becoming extant given low funding for SI, and compare the odds of hostile AI becoming extant given high funding for SI. The difference between those two is proportional to the value of SI (with regards to preventing hostile AI).
It’s a crooked game, but it’s the only game in town?
None of that is evidence that SI would be more effective if it had more money. Assign odds to hostile AI becoming extant given low funding for SI, and compare the odds of hostile AI becoming extant given high funding for SI. The difference between those two is proportional to the value of SI (with regards to preventing hostile AI).