• blackstampede@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Bullshit.

    EAs are not lying about being interested in longtermism or x-risk mitigation, they’re just not dumping that info on newcomers. They aren’t pretending to help the global poor and sick for PR, they are actually helping the poor and sick and hoping it gives them leverage and legitimacy for their x-risk mitigation.

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      8 months ago

      Yes, they’re helping the sick and poor only so far as it increases their leverage and legitimacy to funnel money to issues that are not helping the sick and poor.

      In other words, a bait and switch.

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        8 months ago

        We shouldn’t be looking to business to help the poor in the first place. That should be the government’s job.

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        8 months ago

        No, they are helping the sick and poor, full stop.

        They aren’t lying about their interest in AGI and they aren’t collecting money under false pretenses and then spending it to slow AGI development somehow.

        That’s not a bait and switch, it’s an organization with multiple areas of interest.