

Some light uplifting news amid *gestures at everything*. I saw this a minute ago from the guy who runs TheCodingHorror and co-founded Stack Overflow and Discourse: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ifd3ys/im_giving_away_half_my_wealth_to_make_the/
No EA stuff! $1M each going to eight great charities and non-profits as far as I can tell: Childrenās Hunger Fund, First Generation Investors, Global Refuge, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, PEN America, The Trevor Project, Planned Parenthood, and Team Rubicon. (from The Trevor Projectās blog post)
Sanders why https://gizmodo.com/bernie-sanders-reveals-the-ai-doomsday-scenario-that-worries-top-experts-2000628611
taking a wild guess itās Yudkowsky. āvery knowledgeable peopleā and āmany/most expertsā is staying on my AI apocalypse bingo sheet.
even among people critical of AI (who donāt otherwise talk about it that much), the AI apocalypse angle seems really common and itās frustrating to see it normalized everywhere. though I think Iām more nitpicking than anything because itās not usually their most important issue, and maybe itās useful as a wedge issue just to bring attention to other criticisms about AI? Iām not really familiar with Bernie Sandersā takes on AI or how other politicians talk about this. I donāt know if that makes sense, Iām very tired