The "AI Existential Risk" Ecosystem One conclusion can be drawn from reviewing the hundreds of links: It's an inflated ecosystem. There's a great deal of redundancy: · The same names/acronyms/logos (with only minor changes) · The same extreme talking points · The same group

@DrTechlash Hey @DrTechlash ! I lead one of these orgs (AISF), and I founded the org with friends from university. We started with 10s of volunteers, before we were able to get enough funding to become a real non-profit. Happy to provide more info if useful.

@dewierwan_ Gladly. Signal: DrTechlash.16

@DrTechlash why are all their logos like 90th percentile clean tho

@DrTechlash @robertskmiles Nirit put you on the same line as MIRI, kinda cool?

@DrTechlash I think the redundancy is a deliberate strategy. More specifically, I think they like smaller orgs because they can move faster and are more efficient. Plus, people want "founder" on their bio. So they'd rather have three small orgs vs one big one. As I'm sure you are aware, one

@DrTechlash I've been to many EA events. Have EA friends. Lived in EA houses. Of all the criticisms you could give, "well-orchestrated top-down movement" is not one of them. It's always hilarious that normies think a group of socially-naive autists are actually leaders of a secret cabal.

@DrTechlash Mostly Dustin trying to save Asana from being disrupted by AI.

@DrTechlash tink tank

@DrTechlash Thank you

@DrTechlash You're phrasing this as if this cluster being a mess of tiny organizations is an intentional decision from a single stakeholder, for the explicit purpose of making it seem like it's grassroots. You really have the reasons wrong here. I suggest spending some time speaking with

@DrTechlash relax, doc

@DrTechlash Calling the AI existential risk movement ‘top-down’ is hilarious. Maybe do some homework instead of regurgitating the same tired talking points. Not grassroots? Tell that to the actual builders who started in garages while you were tweeting from the cheap seats.

@DrTechlash [sorry it took me five tries to post this] Hi. I am speaking to you from the grassroots. I find your talking point highly suspect. Think about the big picture your claims implies. "Well, lookie here, the 'AI Existential Risk' Ecosystem is not organic!" So what do we then

@DrTechlash Yes media and politicians needle to grapple with AI Existential risk

@DrTechlash 82% of Americans are opposed to AGI development