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I think the equivalence between these is very weakly argued: The DEI cult is fueled by the genuine issue of social justice The ESG cult is fueled by th
by iskander 4y ago
I think the equivalence between these is very weakly argued:
The DEI cult is fueled by the genuine issue of social justice
The ESG cult is fueled by the genuine issue of climate change
The trad cult is fueled by the genuine issue of the meaning crisis
The AI safety cult is fueled by the genuine issue of AI regulation
For example, ESG seems to largely exist as a cover for not taking substantive actions to decrease carbon emissions since those would be both unprofitable within specific companies and broadly unpopular in most societies. There isn't the same kind of socially cohesive group of proponents as eg AGI x-risk rationalists.
- whatgoodisaroad 4y agoI don't read the post as drawing an equivalence across these four, but I think the two you picked out are actually the most comparable pair. Certainly corporate profit interests have harmed ESG discourse, but the leading AI developers right now are corporations and it's only a short matter of time before whatever legitimate AI risk concerns will get contaminated by profit-protecting PR campaigns.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe entire piece sort of feels like restating the concept of "virtue-signaling" (as a pejorative) in different, and more, words.
- defrost 4y agoGood point and one I came here to make after reading the article. In my experience the DEI and AI safety crowd are mostly sincere in their belief and desires .. leaving aside whether their approaches are sound. By contrast a great many corporate level ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) programs are knowingly cynical in promoting green washing schemes that pay lip service to reducing carbon emissions but don't bear looking into details.