As the person who led the development of that policy (for whatever that’s worth), I think the Forum team should be willing to make an exception in this case and allow looser restrictions around political discussion, at least as a test. As Nick noted, the current era isn’t so far from qualifying under the kind of exception already mentioned in that post.
(The “Destroy Human Civilization Party” may not exist, but if the world’s leading aid funder and AI powerhouse is led by a group whose goals include drastically curtailing global aid and accelerating AI progress with explicit disregard for safety, that’s getting into natural EA territory—even without taking democratic backsliding into account.)
As the person who led the development of that policy (for whatever that’s worth), I think the Forum team should be willing to make an exception in this case and allow looser restrictions around political discussion, at least as a test. As Nick noted, the current era isn’t so far from qualifying under the kind of exception already mentioned in that post.
(The “Destroy Human Civilization Party” may not exist, but if the world’s leading aid funder and AI powerhouse is led by a group whose goals include drastically curtailing global aid and accelerating AI progress with explicit disregard for safety, that’s getting into natural EA territory—even without taking democratic backsliding into account.)