▲ 14 ▼ Effective Altruism Funded the “AI Existential Risk” Ecosystem with Half a Billion Dollars (www.aipanic.news) submitted 2 years ago by GorillasAreForEating@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GorillasAreForEating@awful.systems [S] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Old news obviously, but I think it's worth documenting the organizations and dollar amounts even Steven Pinker is coming out against EA now: https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1732114240666743102 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? Pinker's naive optimism bubble, is not exactly a perspective I 100% endorse either but hey 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GorillasAreForEating@awful.systems [S] 7 points 2 years ago I intensely dislike him. I'd say his views rhyme with those of the rationalists, so to speak, which is why I think it's noteworthy that even a guy like him is criticizing EA now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? More like a 'friend of my enemy has become their enemy is funny' situation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago Even Peven Stinker, friend and defender of Jeffrey Epstein, is coming out against EA? Wow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? Pinker's naive optimism bubble, is not exactly a perspective I 100% endorse either but hey 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GorillasAreForEating@awful.systems [S] 7 points 2 years ago I intensely dislike him. I'd say his views rhyme with those of the rationalists, so to speak, which is why I think it's noteworthy that even a guy like him is criticizing EA now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? More like a 'friend of my enemy has become their enemy is funny' situation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GorillasAreForEating@awful.systems [S] 7 points 2 years ago I intensely dislike him. I'd say his views rhyme with those of the rationalists, so to speak, which is why I think it's noteworthy that even a guy like him is criticizing EA now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? More like a 'friend of my enemy has become their enemy is funny' situation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago Even Peven Stinker, friend and defender of Jeffrey Epstein, is coming out against EA? Wow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago I lol'd at: What are they doing with all that money? ¯\(ツ)/¯ permalink fedilink source
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