The large gift you received should be used to expand the influence of EA as an entity, not as a one-off [...] and of course in general I support de-emphasizing AI risk in favor of actual charity.
While I’m not involved in EA Funds donation processing or grantmaking decisions, I’d guess that anyone making a large gift to the Far Future Fund does, in fact, support emphasizing AI risk, and considers funding this branch of scientific research to be “actual charity”.
It could make sense for people with certain worldviews to recommend that people not donate to the fund for many reasons, but this particular criticism seems odd in context, since supporting AI risk work is one of the fund’s explicit purposes.
If the donation was specifically earmarked for AI risk, that aside isn’t relevant, but most of the comment still applies. Otherwise, AI risk is certainly not the only long term problem.
While I’m not involved in EA Funds donation processing or grantmaking decisions, I’d guess that anyone making a large gift to the Far Future Fund does, in fact, support emphasizing AI risk, and considers funding this branch of scientific research to be “actual charity”.
It could make sense for people with certain worldviews to recommend that people not donate to the fund for many reasons, but this particular criticism seems odd in context, since supporting AI risk work is one of the fund’s explicit purposes.
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I work for CEA, but these views are my own.
If the donation was specifically earmarked for AI risk, that aside isn’t relevant, but most of the comment still applies. Otherwise, AI risk is certainly not the only long term problem.
I was not informed of any earmarking, so I don’t think there were any stipulations around that donation.