My other point was that EA isn’t new, but that we don’t recognize earlier attempts because they’re not really doing evidence in a way that we would recognize.
I also think that x-risk was basically not something that many people would worry about until after WWII. Prior to WWII there was not much talk of global warming, and AI, genetic engineering, nuclear war weren’t really on the table yet.
My other point was that EA isn’t new, but that we don’t recognize earlier attempts because they’re not really doing evidence in a way that we would recognize.
I also think that x-risk was basically not something that many people would worry about until after WWII. Prior to WWII there was not much talk of global warming, and AI, genetic engineering, nuclear war weren’t really on the table yet.