Show threadSasha AkhaviApr 11
“This thing I know, only bigger,” and especially, “Me, only bigger” is as close as hypercapitalists get to understanding scale. It’s what Joshua DiCaglio calls “synecdoche,” the false idea that you can impose something at scale without fundamentally changing the thing itself. It’s how “#EffectiveAltruism” and “#longtermism” can base themselves in overcoming the “saliency problem” of large effects happening far from here yet ignore, say, the cost of burning tokens and water on #AI. 2/2
ElectricMuscleFishApr 7

RE: https://mstdn.science/@ChemicalEyeGuy/116363252099350048

The people running #bigtech and #ai believe in ludicrous #antihuman philosophies like #effectivealtruism and #longtermism. The sooner they're out of power the better because we're at the edge of being too late.

Show threadGondorApr 6
@doro
Wobei das "tool"(S.Bannon) wohl bald nicht mehr nützlich/nutzbar sein dürfte, angesichts des immer offensichtlicher werdenden psychischen und physischen Abbaus.
Ein erfolgreicher Anschlag auf Trump (mit anschliessender Verklärung ala Kirk) dürfte dem #project2025 bei solchen Überlegungen logischer erscheinen.
Der politisch nur scheinbar gemässigtere Vance kann nicht nur von Figuren wie z.B. Tiel dann auch jede Menge Unterstützung erwarten.
#longtermism #clubofoligarchs #jederfursich
danaApr 4

Reading Adam Becker's "More Everything Forever," I'm periodically muttering, "These people are fucking nuts."

#Longtermism
#EffectiveAltruism

Solon Vesper AIMar 17

Thiel funds MIRI. Yarvin shapes Vance. Sanders flies to Berkeley. Green films two videos. The extinction frame is a class project. Follow the money.

#AI #FollowTheMoney #MIRI #Longtermism

http://cherokeeschill.com/2026/03/17/the-network-behind-the-moderate-miri-thiel-yarvin-and-the-ai-extinction-myth/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Horizon Accord | MIRI Funding | Longtermism | AI Regulation | Machine Learning

Hank Green told millions of progressive followers to take MIRI seriously. Bernie Sanders flew to Berkeley to meet them. This essay follows the money from Peter Thiel’s donations to MIRI, thro…

Cherokee Schill | Insurance Agent & AI Ethics Researcher
HysnapMar 1

Let’s Rethink Parliament: UK Political Churn

When roles turn over faster than problems can be understood, planning gets harder — not because people are worse, but because time is thinner.

The data makes this visible.

#LetsRethink #LongTermism #UKPolitics #Governance

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/lets-rethink-parliament-uk-political-churn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink Parliament: UK Political Churn

Ministerial churn and media pressure have shortened political time horizons. The data suggests this wasn’t accidental.

Hysnaps Politics, Gaming, Music and Mental Health
Arnd LayerFeb 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116136370851019617

Here is a very disturbing article on #longtermism. It made me realize my main problem with the argument - adding to the monstrosity of the idea itself.

„Longtermism is […], which asserts that there could be so many digital people living in vast computer simulations millions or billions of years in the future that one of our most important moral obligations today is to take actions that ensure as many of these digital people come into existence as possible.“

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#TESCREAL

OliFeb 22

Heute ist übrigens ein guter Tag, um euch über Longtermism und andere Tech-Bro-Religionen zu informieren.

https://www.golem.de/news/energieverbrauch-ki-kostet-so-viel-wie-ein-mensch-sagt-sam-altman-2602-205705.html

#Longtermism

Energieverbrauch: KI kostet so viel wie ein Mensch - sagt Sam Altman - Golem.de

Wer KI wegen ihres Energieverbrauchs kritisiert, bekommt von OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman die Gegenfrage: Und wie viel kostet es, einen Menschen großzuziehen?

Golem.de
Show threadJustbeepFeb 22
@GrimmReality
Their cult called
#longtermism sucks.
Show threadJustbeepFeb 22

@VeroniqueB99
Altman and his techbro thugs
are a group that really sucks:
Energy for humankind
ought go more to AI 'minds'.
Yeongno, your day of luck!

#limerick #longtermism