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nyfern on March 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Effective Altruism’s obsession with AI safety help...

Purchasing large mansions[0], chateaus[1], and spending lavishly on administrative kickbacks[2] because longtermism can justify any present action if you extend your horizon far enough. EA is effectively two disconnected ideas at this point.

[0] https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xof7iFB3uh8Kc53bG/...

[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2023/02/28/effecti...

[2]https://intelligence.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Independ...

jefftk on March 8, 2023 [–]

> spending lavishly on administrative kickbacks

I just skimmed the report you link and nothing jumped out at me as matching this -- could you be more specific?

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