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    Criticism of effective altruist groups’ AI policy positions

    A critic argues that many people in effective altruism’s AI safety and existential-risk circles have avoided discussing the policies they support.

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    Tim SweeneyTS
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    TLDR

    One post criticizes what it describes as limited discussion of policy positions among many people in effective altruism’s AI safety and existential-risk circles. It warns that some laws supported by effective altruist organizations “should send a chill down your spine.”

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    Sentiment

    Positive68.4%31.6%Negative

    Summary

    Many accounts criticized EA AI safety proposals as authoritarian power grabs or a global panopticon justified by fear of apocalypse, while others labeled them Soviet-style control or thought crimes.

    Based on 23 sentiment-bearing replies from 19 accounts across 2 conversations.

    Sentiment

    Positive68.4%31.6%Negative

    Summary

    Many accounts criticized EA AI safety proposals as authoritarian power grabs or a global panopticon justified by fear of apocalypse, while others labeled them Soviet-style control or thought crimes.

    Based on 23 sentiment-bearing replies from 19 accounts across 2 conversations.

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    5 Sources

    Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenzA lot of the EA AI safety x risk people have avoided talking about the policies they support to address their concerns with AI, but a look at some of the laws that EA orgs do support should send a chill down your spine20d
    Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic@TaylorLorenz They’re proposing to anoint a political Commissar for AI. This is entirely a Soviet construct.20d
    Beff (e/acc)@beffjezosThe EAs literally want a total global AI panopticon in the name of safety They are so obsessed with the Terminator they are going to turn the Western world into a 1984 Big Brother regime if we let them20d
    Shital Shah@sytelusRT @TaylorLorenz: A lot of the EA AI safety x risk people have avoided talking about the policies they support to address their concerns wi…20d

    5 Sources

    Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenzA lot of the EA AI safety x risk people have avoided talking about the policies they support to address their concerns with AI, but a look at some of the laws that EA orgs do support should send a chill down your spine20d
    Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic@TaylorLorenz They’re proposing to anoint a political Commissar for AI. This is entirely a Soviet construct.20d
    Beff (e/acc)@beffjezosThe EAs literally want a total global AI panopticon in the name of safety They are so obsessed with the Terminator they are going to turn the Western world into a 1984 Big Brother regime if we let them20d
    Shital Shah@sytelusRT @TaylorLorenz: A lot of the EA AI safety x risk people have avoided talking about the policies they support to address their concerns wi…20d