Level of involvement: Most of my friends are involved in effective altruism and talk about it regularly.
The extent to which AI topics and MIRI seem to have increased in importance in effective altruism worries me. The fact that this seems to have happened more in private among the people who run key organizations than in those organizations’ public faces is particularly troubling. This is also a noticeable red flag for groupthink. For example, Holden’s explanation of why he has become more favorably disposed to MIRI was pretty unconvincing.
The fact that this seems to have happened more in private among the people who run key organizations than in those organizations’ public faces is particularly troubling.
I’m confused by the bit about this not being reflected in organizations’ public faces? Early in 2016 OpenPhil announced they would be making AI risk a major priority.
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Other Open Phil links about AI: 2015 cause report, 2016 background blog post.
I’m confused by the bit about this not being reflected in organizations’ public faces? Early in 2016 OpenPhil announced they would be making AI risk a major priority.