Also I don’t want to overstate this point, but I don’t think I’ve yet met a longtermist researcher who claims to have had a extended (or any) conversation with Schimdt. Given that there aren’t many longtermist researchers to begin with (<500 worldwide defined rather broadly?), it’d be quite surprising for someone to claim to be a longtermist (or for others to claim that they are) if they’ve never even talked to someone doing research in the space.
To be fair, I think a few of Schmidt Futures people were looking around EA Global for things to fund in 2022. I can imagine why someone would think they’re a longtermist.
I agree there are probably a few longtermist and/or EA-affliated people at Schimdt Futures, just as there are probably such people at Google, Meta, the World Bank, etc. This is a different claim than whether Schimdt Futures institutionally is longtermist, which is again a different claim from whether Eric Schimdt himself is.
Also I don’t want to overstate this point, but I don’t think I’ve yet met a longtermist researcher who claims to have had a extended (or any) conversation with Schimdt. Given that there aren’t many longtermist researchers to begin with (<500 worldwide defined rather broadly?), it’d be quite surprising for someone to claim to be a longtermist (or for others to claim that they are) if they’ve never even talked to someone doing research in the space.
To be fair, I think a few of Schmidt Futures people were looking around EA Global for things to fund in 2022. I can imagine why someone would think they’re a longtermist.
I agree there are probably a few longtermist and/or EA-affliated people at Schimdt Futures, just as there are probably such people at Google, Meta, the World Bank, etc. This is a different claim than whether Schimdt Futures institutionally is longtermist, which is again a different claim from whether Eric Schimdt himself is.