An essay argues that effective altruism is a fundamentally flawed ideology rooted in utilitarian math that reduces complex moral questions to numerical calculations of suffering reduction, including controversial claims about non-human beings like shrimp, and relies on a zero discount rate for future suffering that the author contends breaks the entire philosophical system.
An article arguing that AI safety discourse is deeply influenced by Eliezer Yudkowsky and a community rooted in what the author characterizes as cultish structures, with connections traced through key figures at OpenAI and Anthropic who cite or were mentored by Yudkowsky. The author contends that AI safety terminology and policy discussions remain shaped by Yudkowsky's ideas despite efforts to distance the field from its origins.