How effective altruism, championed by SBF before he dismissed it as a dodge, and doomsday scenarios, like killer rogue AI, became Silicon Valley obsessions (Ellen Huet/Bloomberg)

by #AI March 7, 2023 · Automatic

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How effective altruism, championed by SBF before he dismissed it as a dodge, and doomsday scenarios, like killer rogue AI, became Silicon Valley obsessions — Sonia Joseph was 14 years old when she first read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a mega-popular piece of fan fiction …