The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy
An ideology built on message boards is now struggling in the boardroom.
Source: yahoo.com
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Effective Altruism Is a Welter of Fraud, Lies, Exploitation, and Eugenic Fantasies
It’s been a no good, very bad year for Effective Altruism, or “EA” for short, the cultural movement that aims to use “evidence and reason” to figure out the best ways to do the “most good.” One year ago, the EA community was flying high. Its poster boy, a philosopher named William MacAskill, had just published his book “What We Owe the Future,” which makes the case that we should be far more concerned about humanity’s long-term future — thousands, millions, even billions of...
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Source: wn.com
Do not believe the super-rich will do the right thing
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Source: taipeitimes.com
It's easy to be dazzled by the super-rich, but don't believe that they'll do the right thing | Will Hutton
Silicon Valley tech showmen like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried can blind us with science. A little more scepticism would not go amiss
Source: theguardian.com
The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town
A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?
Source: austinchronicle.com
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis review – falling for the antihero
The Moneyball author develops a misguided soft spot for fallen crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried
Source: theguardian.com
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The Recent takes us into a conceptual world of geological, evolutionary, human and environmental time, exploring what art can do to stretch the human imagination, and situate our actions and impact in a deeper, future-oriented timeframe.
Source: e-flux.com
How Michael Lewis' Sam Bankman-Fried Book Helps Explain The FTX Trial And Its Founder
Financial journalist Michael Lewis released Going Infinite, his book on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, revealing details of the entrepreneurs past and business dealings.
Source: forbes.com
How Michael Lewis' Sam Bankman-Fried Book Helps Explain The FTX Founder And His Trial
Financial journalist Michael Lewis released Going Infinite, his book on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, revealing details of the entrepreneurs past and business dealings.
Source: forbes.com
Binance, Snapchat and capital among things SBF was 'freaking out about'
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison provided a human perspective on the events and months leading up to FTX's dramatic collapse in November 2022.
Source: cointelegraph.com