I don’t think it’s necessary for EA to denounce Musk on the basis that apart from a vague endorsement of a book a few years back and some general comments on AI safety which run in the opposite direction to his actual actions, he doesn’t seem to be associated with EA at all
I think you are downplaying Musk’s (historic) association with EA, he was a speaker at EA Global 2015, and donated at least $10m to FLI’s AI safety research grants (both mentioned at this link)
That’s more than I thought, but it’s also a decade ago when Elon had very different priorities, and I’m not sure that EA has any image problems associated with people thinking EAs basically want what Elon wants. (I don’t think the Transgender Law Center needs to worry their name might be sullied by his donation to them in 2011 either!)
I think you are downplaying Musk’s (historic) association with EA, he was a speaker at EA Global 2015, and donated at least $10m to FLI’s AI safety research grants (both mentioned at this link)
That’s more than I thought, but it’s also a decade ago when Elon had very different priorities, and I’m not sure that EA has any image problems associated with people thinking EAs basically want what Elon wants. (I don’t think the Transgender Law Center needs to worry their name might be sullied by his donation to them in 2011 either!)