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@esoriano@social.linux.pizza
2024-04-30 21:20:06

"‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute"
theguardian.com/technology/202

‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute
Founded in 2005 and lauded by Silicon Valley, the Nick Bostrom’s centre for studying existential risk warned about AI but also gave rise to cultish ideas such as effective altruism

@drahardja@sfba.social
2024-04-21 19:55:54

Any day when a #TESCREAL #effectiveAltruism #longtermism proponent loses their funding and platform is a good day.
“Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher”

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher
Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’

@mela@zusammenkunft.net
2024-03-09 20:39:13

Ach, Longtermism hat seine Wurzeln im Effective Altruism? Warum bin ich nicht überrascht?

@evemassacre@assemblag.es
2024-03-14 09:08:29

My morning read was the 2nd chapter of Moynihan's X-Risk and while I find the history of humans (okay, mostly globalnorth male scientists and writers) coming to comprehend our rarity in space fascinating, the longtermism is strong in this. And I honestly do not grasp why human exceptionalism should be _the_ rational argument for doing everything to secure our longterm survival (whilst having a blind spot for securing human lives in the present). It really is philosophy against the Now, i…