Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
It is fascinating how lots of people seem to genuinely have the mental association "EAs = people who are anti-technology" Of course it makes sense if 2023 AI stuff is one's first introduction to internet nerd subcultures, but even two years ago that characterization would have seemed completely incomprehensible.
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Sriram Krishnan
@sriramk.eth
It might be a direct response to the EA community somehow converging on this as *the* issue to focus on. It wouldn't be as much as an issue if this was about battling malaria.
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Syed Shah๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐
@syed
It makes sense cuz isnโt their whole point to try to figure out the best way to distribute resources? Which wonโt be needed as we develop AI further. Philosophically this is an existential threat and so a Darwinian style survival response makes sense.
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@m-j-r
the worst case scenario is that everything works out to such a degree that humanity passively benefits w/o serving a sense of vindication or altruism to asymmetric control over capital.
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
Also liked Matt Levine's explanation that in their minds pouring money into ai research is genuinely saving more lives. 2mil = x nets = save x lives 2mil into vaccine research = save 100x lives with 10% prob Extrapolate to ai research which would save the entire world with a small probability
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
This is an interesting lens! Hadn't considered before
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