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It's a distraction only if you are not an effective altruist. To build AGI (so that all humans can benefit) you need money, so this was a way to make money so t
by js8 3y ago
It's a distraction only if you are not an effective altruist. To build AGI (so that all humans can benefit) you need money, so this was a way to make money so they could FINALLY be spent on the goal of AGI. /s
I think the next AGI startup should perhaps try the communist revolution route, since the capitalist-based one didn't pan out. After all, Lenin was a pioneer in effective altruism. /s
- timeon 3y agoCan '/s' after straw man sneak the message across?
- js8 3y agoI am strawmanning effective altruism in the same way that effective altruism strawmans just plain old altruism.
- OJFord 3y agoHa, that's brilliantly put. I think the fundamental idea of EA is perfectly sound, but then instead of just being basic advice (for when 'doing altruism') it's somehow a cult?