The AI people have been right a lot
The author reflects on their initial skepticism towards the Effective Altruism (EA) movement's focus on AI risks during a 2015 conference. Over the years, they have come to realize that the concerns raised by early AI advocates were valid and significant. This shift in perspective highlights the importance of being open to emerging technologies and their potential societal impacts.
- ▪The author attended their first Effective Altruism Global conference in 2015, where discussions about AI risk dominated the agenda.
- ▪Initially skeptical, the author believed that the focus on AI was a distraction from more immediate global health and animal welfare issues.
- ▪Over the past eleven years, the author has recognized the validity of AI concerns and the impactful work done by early advocates in the field.
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The AI people have been right a lotTry to keep an open mind as the world gets increasingly wild.Dylan MatthewsApr 15, 202652164ShareThe crowd at EAG 2015 (Center for Effective Altruism)In 2015, I went to my first EA (Effective Altruism) Global. It was then on-the-record for journalists, which is a rule that got changed for all subsequent events due to my actions.My exposure to EA at that time was mostly through people who took high-paying careers in order to “earn to give” to global health charities, which I had written about in the Washington Post. I also knew the movement cared a lot about animal welfare.
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