A call to reassess the politics of effective altruism and AI safety

A commenter argues that people aligned with effective altruism (EA) and AI safety should reflect on the politics and process that brought them to their current position and adjust accordingly. They say the outcome was foreseeable and that some people had warned about it. In a reply, they express surprise at how quickly events progressed: they doubt they could have confidently predicted in 2022 that the “Department of War” would be calling out EA by name on Twitter in 2026.