It is a disaster for EA. We need the EAs on the board to explain themselves, and if they made a mistake, just admit that they made a mistake and step down.
“Effective altruism” depends on being effective. If EA is just putting people in charge of other peoples’ money, they make decisions that seem like bad decisions, they never explain why, refuse to change their mind whatever happens… that’s no better than existing charities! This is what EA was supposed to prevent! We are supposed to be effective. Not to fire the best employees and destroy a company that is putting an incredible amount of effort into doing responsible things.
I might as well give my money to the San Francisco Symphony. At least they won’t spend it ruining things that I care about.
Please, anyone who knows Helen or Tasha, ask them to reconsider.
I don’t think that they own the EA community an explanation (it would be nice, but they don’t have to). The only people that can have a right to demand that are the people that have appointed them there and the OAI staff.
>I might as well give my money to the San Francisco Symphony. At least they won’t spend it ruining things that I care about.
It is your right, but I don’t know how this is related? How have they spent EA donors’ money? If you are referring to the Open Phil $30M grant, Open Phil doesn’t take donations so they can donate to whoever they want and don’t need to explain themselves. It would have been different if Open AI was spending GiveWell’s money.
It is a disaster for EA. We need the EAs on the board to explain themselves, and if they made a mistake, just admit that they made a mistake and step down.
“Effective altruism” depends on being effective. If EA is just putting people in charge of other peoples’ money, they make decisions that seem like bad decisions, they never explain why, refuse to change their mind whatever happens… that’s no better than existing charities! This is what EA was supposed to prevent! We are supposed to be effective. Not to fire the best employees and destroy a company that is putting an incredible amount of effort into doing responsible things.
I might as well give my money to the San Francisco Symphony. At least they won’t spend it ruining things that I care about.
Please, anyone who knows Helen or Tasha, ask them to reconsider.
I don’t think that they own the EA community an explanation (it would be nice, but they don’t have to). The only people that can have a right to demand that are the people that have appointed them there and the OAI staff.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/zuqpqqFoue5LyutTv/the-ea-community-does-not-own-its-donors-money
>I might as well give my money to the San Francisco Symphony. At least they won’t spend it ruining things that I care about.
It is your right, but I don’t know how this is related? How have they spent EA donors’ money? If you are referring to the Open Phil $30M grant, Open Phil doesn’t take donations so they can donate to whoever they want and don’t need to explain themselves. It would have been different if Open AI was spending GiveWell’s money.