> It's just another veil, like Effective Altruism I'm afraid EA is not a veil. Altruism is a deeply disturbing moral philosophy, if you actually think about it

> It's just another veil, like Effective Altruism I'm afraid EA is not a veil. Altruism is a deeply disturbing moral philosophy, if you actually think about it's implications and how it differs from it's originator - utilitarianism. Similarly, AI safety is something that's religiously believed by some quarters, not all of them ignorant. According to The Atlantic's article on the drama that was posted here earlier[1], Sutskever - supposedly the brightest scientific mind in OpenAI believed in things that would not be out of place in the MIRI cult of old. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-chaos/676050/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/sam-a...