@johnzajac @cstross I hadn't realised just how fucked up the EA shit had got until I listened to this podcast episode from Cautionary tales. Ye fucking gods, did it make me angry.
Cautionary Tales – Grand Theft Automated: How To Save A Trillion Lives
A radical thought experiment transforms the lives of a new breed of philanthropists, as they follow the logic of altruism to extraordinary lengths. The most famous convert to the Effective Altruism movement, Sam Bankman-Fried, is either a humanitarian hero, or a con artist at an astonishing scale, or most bafflingly, both. [Apple] [Spotify] [Stitcher] Further reading The…
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