“Preparing Effective Altruism for an AI-Transformed World” by Tobias Häberli

In recent years, many in the Effective Altruism community have shifted to working on AI risks, reflecting the growing consensus that AI will profoundly shape our future.

In response to this significant shift, there have been efforts to preserve a "principles-first EA" approach, or to give special thought into how to support non-AI causes. This has often led to discussions being framed around "AI Safety vs. everything else". And it feels like the community is somewhat divided along the following lines:

1. Those working on AI Safety, because they believe that transformative AI is coming.
2. Those focusing on other causes, implicitly acting as if transformative AI is not coming.[1]

Instead of framing priorities this way, I believe it would be valuable for more people to adopt a mindset that assumes transformative AI is likely coming and asks: What should we work on in light of that?

If we [...]

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First published:
January 22nd, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/psNGNSoJpXRodmDSg/preparing-effective-altruism-for-an-ai-transformed-world

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