I would wire you guys 300-400K today if I wasn’t still worried about the theory that ‘AI Safety is actually a front for funding advancement of AI capabilities’. It is a quixotic task to figure out how true that theory is or what actually happened in the past, neverminded why. But the theory seems at least kind of true to me and so I will not be donating.
Its unlikely to be worth your time to try to convince me to donate. But maybe other potential donors would appreciate a reassurance its not actively net-negative to donate. For example several people mentioned in the post have ties to dangerous organizations such as Anthropic.
Meta-honesty: There is not enough values alignment to trust me with sensitive information and I definitely do not endorse ‘always keep secrets you agreed to keep’. I support leaking the pentagon papers, etc.
Some fund managers (including myself) weighed in. For other readers similarly concerned, feel free to read the comments there.
sapphire on LessWrong raised this interesting objection:
Some fund managers (including myself) weighed in. For other readers similarly concerned, feel free to read the comments there.