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EA absolutely means this shit. William MacAskill, who got SBF into EA, is extremely explicitly working for 10^54 future emulated humans, and not for anything so

EA absolutely means this shit. William MacAskill, who got SBF into EA, is extremely explicitly working for 10^54 future emulated humans, and not for anything so tawdry as existing humans. I wrote this up earlier in the context of SBF, with cites: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-altruism-ftx-and-the-future-robot-apocalypse/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-... Picture it with a South Park caption: THIS IS WHAT "EFFECTIVE ALTRUISTS" ACTUALLY BELIEVE

epiccoleman 3y ago
> William MacAskill, who got SBF into EA, is extremely explicitly working for 10^54 future emulated humans This is where I betray how out of the loop I am on this, I suppose. Last I heard from MacAskill was like a decade ago on Sam Harris's podcast, where he seemed to basically just be an acolyte of Singer, making the whole "would you ruin your suit to save a drowning child" argument. Guess this is why people don't like utilitarianism, it sure lets you make some silly arguments.