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The EU AI Office’s hiring challenges are concerning and not something I had really considered before. Does anyone have ideas on how to address this? One possibility, though I have not researched its feasibility or effectiveness, would be a program where the EU funds study at top universities in return for a commitment to work at the AI Office for a set number of years after graduation.

I also know the EU has only supporting competence in education, but I think more attention should go to improving early science education so that fewer students feel discouraged. An approach that values experimentation, accepts mistakes, and builds genuine understanding could help. I believe we need more initiatives in this area.

The difficulty with both of these ideas is that they would only pay off in the medium to long term. In the short term, perhaps better branding could help by presenting a role at the EU AI Office as morally ambitious and exciting rather than bureaucratic.

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