This looks to be wonderful news. Props to Musk for giving all this money away. I hope he spends it as effectively as this early news suggests.
Working with Musk has reputational risk. As the most controversial Billionare, EA could become seen as a Musk-y thing
I don’t agree that “There is no descernable pattern” Musk gives to charities near his companies and works to solve problems noone else can. Kurganov certainly has a pattern of effective philanthropy.
I’d like to write some forecasting questions. Maybe “Will Musk give >10% of his charitable giving before 2028 to current EA non-profits”
Will at least 50% of Musks charitable giving go to AI, Biorisk, Nuclear risk, animal welfare or global dev
If this money goes to effective causes, it will significantly diversify the money (Moscovitz & Tuna and SBF are very web-based)
Unlike current EA billionaires, Musk is very legible. He sells news. If he becomes involved in EA, I predict a lot more coverage of other EA figures/orgs.
This looks to be wonderful news. Props to Musk for giving all this money away. I hope he spends it as effectively as this early news suggests.
Working with Musk has reputational risk. As the most controversial Billionare, EA could become seen as a Musk-y thing
I don’t agree that “There is no descernable pattern” Musk gives to charities near his companies and works to solve problems noone else can. Kurganov certainly has a pattern of effective philanthropy.
I’d like to write some forecasting questions. Maybe “Will Musk give >10% of his charitable giving before 2028 to current EA non-profits”
Will at least 50% of Musks charitable giving go to AI, Biorisk, Nuclear risk, animal welfare or global dev
If this money goes to effective causes, it will significantly diversify the money (Moscovitz & Tuna and SBF are very web-based)
Unlike current EA billionaires, Musk is very legible. He sells news. If he becomes involved in EA, I predict a lot more coverage of other EA figures/orgs.
In my opinion “the most controversial billionaire” is either Peter Thiel or Donald Trump. Otherwise, I agree with what you have written.
Estimates of Trump’s wealth vary. He is certainly controversial, but I don’t think his detractors view him as a billionaire.
Agreed. Imagine I had said , “top billionaire”.