I agree with you that in the intervening time, the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction, and am glad to see your pushback.
Thank you for clarifying—that’s really helpful to hear!
”I think that most of the intellectual core continues to hold EA values and pursue the goals they pursue for EA reasons (trying to make the world better as effectively as possible, e.g. by trying to reduce AI risk), they’ve just updated against that path involving a lot of focus on EA itself”
And I agree strongly with this — and I think if it’s a shame if people interpret the latter as meaning “abandoning EA” rather than “rolling up our sleeves and getting on with object-level work.”
Thank you for clarifying—that’s really helpful to hear!
”I think that most of the intellectual core continues to hold EA values and pursue the goals they pursue for EA reasons (trying to make the world better as effectively as possible, e.g. by trying to reduce AI risk), they’ve just updated against that path involving a lot of focus on EA itself”
And I agree strongly with this — and I think if it’s a shame if people interpret the latter as meaning “abandoning EA” rather than “rolling up our sleeves and getting on with object-level work.”