A satirical critique of effective altruism's longtermist branch, tracing how concern for future generations and expected value calculations lead to prioritizing existential risks like AI over immediate suffering, while exposing logical inconsistencies and conflicts of interest in the reasoning.
Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, and Decca Muldowney curate reading and viewing recommendations to counter AI doomerism, a narrative claiming autonomous superintelligent systems pose existential risks. The authors argue this anxiety stems from ideological beliefs rather than evidence and offer resources on AI history, tech oligarchy, and resistance strategies.