@riverswrites: Effective altruism is hubris on steroids. The same pride whispered in the garden, “You shall be as gods.”
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The post criticizes effective altruism as hubris and quotes a tweet alleging that effective altruists are promoting AI safety as a political ideology to restrict technological progress.
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Effective altruism is hubris on steroids.
The same pride whispered in the garden, “You shall be as gods.”
Shyam Sankar (@ssankar): There is an unseen hand pushing AI safety as a political ideology.
Effective Altruists believe a tiny group of technocrats should decide how much technological progress the rest of us are allowed to have…. and how many shrimp your life is worth.
You are witnessing their
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