I think Peter might be hoping people read this as “a rich and influential guy might be persuadable!” rather than “let’s discuss the minutiae of what constitutes an EA”. I’ve watched quite a few of Bryan’s videos and honestly I could see this guy swing either way on this (could be SBF, could be Dustin, honestly can’t tell how this shakes out).
Yeah I think that’s part of it. I also thought it was very interesting how he justified what he was doing as being important for the long term future given the expected emergence of superhuman AI. E.g., he is running his life by an algorithm in expectation that society might be run in a similar way.
I will definitely say that he does come across as hyper rational and low empathy in general but there’s also some touching moments here where he clearly has a lot of care for his family and really doesn’t want to lose them. Could all be an act of course.
I think Peter might be hoping people read this as “a rich and influential guy might be persuadable!” rather than “let’s discuss the minutiae of what constitutes an EA”. I’ve watched quite a few of Bryan’s videos and honestly I could see this guy swing either way on this (could be SBF, could be Dustin, honestly can’t tell how this shakes out).
Yeah I think that’s part of it. I also thought it was very interesting how he justified what he was doing as being important for the long term future given the expected emergence of superhuman AI. E.g., he is running his life by an algorithm in expectation that society might be run in a similar way.
I will definitely say that he does come across as hyper rational and low empathy in general but there’s also some touching moments here where he clearly has a lot of care for his family and really doesn’t want to lose them. Could all be an act of course.