Daniel Eth, who works in AI safety, argues campaign spending in the Bores-Lasher primary prevented a larger defeat

@NathanpmYoung The thing is you can say it was a huge waste of money on net, but that doesn’t mean that each side wasted money. Without safety spending for Alex, he would have lost by a lot more and had a much lower win probability

@daniel_271828 I agree.

@NathanpmYoung (I do separately think LTF wasted money and was counterproductive to their goals, but that’s a separate point)