Björn RustNov 30, 2022

Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) adds another nail in the coffin of effective altruism (EA) with her piece for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/effective-altruism-artificial-intelligence-sam-bankman-fried/

For me, this follows »The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad?« by Linda Kinstler: https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/11/15/the-good-delusion-has-effective-altruism-broken-bad

And »Against longtermism« by Émile P Torres: https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo

Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of ‘AI Safety’

This philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity

WIRED
Show threadTim Palmer
@bjornrust @timnitGebru Thank you for Èmile Torres’ piece. One of the best on Longtermism I’ve seen, and neatly lays out how the biggest Existential Threat is Longtermism itself! Lovely :)
Dec 4, 2022 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadBjörn RustDec 5, 2022
@timpalmer @timnitGebru I agree, and I regret not linking to their Mastodon account in the original post: @xriskology