My big concern is that permanent harm could be suffered by either EA or it’s championed causes. Somewhat like how transhumanism became tarred with the brush of racism and eugenics, I worry things like AI safety or X-risk work could be viewed in the same light as racism. And there may be much more at stake than people realize.
The problem is that even without a hinge of history, our impacts, especially in a longtermism framework, are far far larger than previous generations, and we could very well lose all that value if EA or it’s causes become viewed as badly as say eugenics or racism was.
My big concern is that permanent harm could be suffered by either EA or it’s championed causes. Somewhat like how transhumanism became tarred with the brush of racism and eugenics, I worry things like AI safety or X-risk work could be viewed in the same light as racism. And there may be much more at stake than people realize.
The problem is that even without a hinge of history, our impacts, especially in a longtermism framework, are far far larger than previous generations, and we could very well lose all that value if EA or it’s causes become viewed as badly as say eugenics or racism was.