Seems plausible the impact of that single individual act is so negative that aggregate impact of EA is negative.
I think people should reflect seriously upon this possibility and not fall prey to wishful thinking (let’s hope speeding up the AI race and making it superpower powered is the best intervention! it’s better if everyone warning about this was wrong and Leopold is right!).
The broader story here is that EA prioritization methodology is really good for finding highly leveraged spots in the world, but there isn’t a good methodology for figuring out what to do in such places, and there also isn’t a robust pipeline for promoting virtues and virtuous actors to such places.
Seems plausible the impact of that single individual act is so negative that aggregate impact of EA is negative.
I think people should reflect seriously upon this possibility and not fall prey to wishful thinking (let’s hope speeding up the AI race and making it superpower powered is the best intervention! it’s better if everyone warning about this was wrong and Leopold is right!).
The broader story here is that EA prioritization methodology is really good for finding highly leveraged spots in the world, but there isn’t a good methodology for figuring out what to do in such places, and there also isn’t a robust pipeline for promoting virtues and virtuous actors to such places.
I spent all day in tears when I read the congressional report. This is a nightmare. I was literally hoping to wake up from a bad dream.
I really hope people don’t suffer for our sins.
How could we have done something so terrible. Starting an arms race and making literal war more likely.
| and there also isn’t a robust pipeline for promoting virtues and virtuous actors to such places.
this ^