I don’t know how we got to whether we should update about longtermism being “bad.” As far as I’m concerned, this is a conversation about whether Eric Schmidt counts as a longtermist by virtue of being focused on existential risk from AI.
It seems to me like you’re saying: “the vast majority of longtermists are focused on existential risks from AI; therefore, people like Eric Schmidt who are focused on existential risks from AI are accurately described as longtermists.”
When stated that simply, this is an obvious logical error (in the form of “most squares are rectangles, so this rectangle named Eric Schmidt must be a square”). I’m curious if I’m missing something about your argument.
I don’t know how we got to whether we should update about longtermism being “bad.” As far as I’m concerned, this is a conversation about whether Eric Schmidt counts as a longtermist by virtue of being focused on existential risk from AI.
It seems to me like you’re saying: “the vast majority of longtermists are focused on existential risks from AI; therefore, people like Eric Schmidt who are focused on existential risks from AI are accurately described as longtermists.”
When stated that simply, this is an obvious logical error (in the form of “most squares are rectangles, so this rectangle named Eric Schmidt must be a square”). I’m curious if I’m missing something about your argument.