A look at effective altruism's fall after SBF's arrest and how the soon-to-be rich from upcoming AI IPOs give the movement a chance to return larger than ever
Out of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.
New York Magazine Andrew Fedorov
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@nathanpmyoung
Nathan
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Woooo EA discourse! Can AI IPO money actually make the world a lot better without making it a lot worse? That's a hard problem. Welcome to the project!
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@andrewfed
Andrew Fedorov
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Wrote about the people getting ready to reshape society with all that Anthropic money, for @NYMag https://nymag.com/...
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@yonashav
Yo Shavit
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I wish this article actually interviewed the Anthropic money Seems important to know whether there's a buyer for what's being sold!
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Out of the spotlight, effective altruists have been preparing for a coming flood: AI tech employees who will soon donate billions and upend the current philanthropic ecosystem. https://nymag.com/...
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@hkanji
Hussein Kanji
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Amodei and his six co-founders had pledged to give away 80 percent of their wealth. If staffers promise to donate up to 25 percent of their shares, the company will match their donations. https://nymag.com/...
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@amoylan
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Modern EAs bear so much resemblance to figures like John D. Rockefeller with the “earn to give” posture. He gave lavishly to education and science ventures, and more or less created modern philanthropy out of whole cloth. But there's one big difference I find fascinating...
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Big news day! An article I was interviewed for came out in @NYMag, and then @matt_levine quoted what I had said in it. Both chose a quote of me calling money from the Anthropic IPO blood money, w Levine indicating that accepting the reckless AI money for “AI Safety” was [image]
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@benjaminmmurphy
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A good review of the vibes in Berkeley these days.
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New AI money has given effective altruism a chance to return and come back larger than ever before. The writer Andrew Fedorov spends time with a small clutch of people who have been preparing for the tens of billions of dollars set to drop into philanthropy and politics.