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Matt Johnson

What Matt Johnson thinks about AI alignment

@matt-johnson · 6 positions · On ppll ↗

Journalist and author writing on politics, liberalism and ideas; a contributor to Quillette and co-author of a book on Christopher Hitchens.

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3 dated positions, 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what Matt Johnson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingMaking humanity's long-term potential the overriding priority licenses imposing real costs on people who are alive today.

    Their wordsThe problem with these grand ambitions—saving humanity from extinction and enabling our species to reach its full potential millions of years from now—is that they ostensibly justify any cost in the present.

    ↗How Effective Altruism Lost Its Wayquillette.com 1st of 6 in this piece

  3. Our readingMoving money out of global health and into existential risk is a gamble paid for with lives that could have been saved now.

    Their wordsDiverting attention and resources from global health and poverty is an enormous gamble, as it will make many lives poorer, sicker, and shorter in the name of fending off threats that may or may not materialize.

    ↗How Effective Altruism Lost Its Wayquillette.com 2nd of 6 in this piece

  5. Our readingSpending on existential risk cannot be held accountable, because there is no measurement that would ever show it failing.

    Their wordsUnlike other interventions EA has sponsored, there are scant metrics for tracking the success or failure of investments in existential risk mitigation.

    ↗How Effective Altruism Lost Its Wayquillette.com 4th of 6 in this piece