It is wholly unsurprising that public facing EAs are currently denying that ends justify means. Because they are in damage control mode. They are tying to tame the onslaught of negative PR that EA is now getting. So even if they thought that the ends did justify the means, they would probably lie about it.
I think that’s part of why Will etc are giving lots of examples of things they said publicly before FTX exploded where they argued against this kind of reasoning.
I think that’s part of why Will etc are giving lots of examples of things they said publicly before FTX exploded where they argued against this kind of reasoning.