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A look at Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy, which has spent ~$500M on student scholarships and more at Stanford and other universities to fight rogue AI

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Mastodon: Baldur Bjarnason / @baldur@toot.cafe : “How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse: A billionaire-backed movement is recruiting college students to fight killer AI, which some see as the next Manhattan Project.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Twitter: Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : Good story about the PR campaign behind the “AI Apocalypse” panic, which was supposed to wipe out humanity by now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Dr. Casey Fiesler / @cfiesler : well this is one of the more depressing things I've read in an article about AI lately https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] @basedbeffjezos : If you go to Stanford please just go build an AI wrapper like everyone else rather than drinking the EA/AIXR KoolAid. The world will be better off if the AI safety mind virus doesn't gobble up all the talent that could be impactful for accelerating AI. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @timnitgebru : would be well served to investigate that further and see what needs to be done to stop the harm." Not to mention the piles of money that's being thrown here at OUR cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kontra / @counternotions : “Critics call the AI safety movement unscientific. They say its claims about existential risk can sound closer to a religion than research.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

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    This new piece from @nitasha.bsky.social is so good.  It explains wtf is going on w Silicon Valley & AI risk.  Between lines, it connects dots for me I hadn't worked out yet.  Insanely well-written and well-researched.  —  https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @cfiesler Dr. Casey Fiesler on x
    well this is one of the more depressing things I've read in an article about AI lately https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]
  • @timnitgebru @timnitgebru on x
    would be well served to investigate that further and see what needs to be done to stop the harm." Not to mention the piles of money that's being thrown here at OUR cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @basedbeffjezos @basedbeffjezos on x
    If you go to Stanford please just go build an AI wrapper like everyone else rather than drinking the EA/AIXR KoolAid. The world will be better off if the AI safety mind virus doesn't gobble up all the talent that could be impactful for accelerating AI. https://www.washingtonpost.…
  • @counternotions Kontra on x
    “Critics call the AI safety movement unscientific. They say its claims about existential risk can sound closer to a religion than research.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...