Torres: "rumors have been swirling about the Future of Humanity Institute shutting down" after they got $665m in ETH from Buterin
Torres: "rumors have been swirling about the Future of Humanity Institute shutting down" after they got $665m in ETH from Buterin
Btw, rumors have been swirling about the Future of Humanity Institute shutting down(!!)--I've heard this from multiple people at this point. Does anyone have any extra info they can share with me? Off the record or in confidence would be fine. DM or email me!
The future of humanity institute is the EA longtermist organisation at oxford run by swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom, who got in trouble for an old racist email and subsequent bad apology. It is the one that is rumored to be shutting down.
The Future of Life institute is the EA longtermist organisation run by swedish physicist Max Tegmarck, who got in trouble for offering to fund a neo-nazi newspaper (He didn't actually go through with it and claimed ignorance). It is the one that got the half a billion dollar windfall.
I can't imagine how you managed to conflate these two highly different institutions.
my mistake! it is VERY IMPORTANT to distinguish which hat the same bunch of guys is wearing today
two different ea institutes headed by swedish racists? not very efficient of them
Yeah I'd find a way to cut and run if I got that kind of money. Torturing simulated rationalists is fun and all but there are better ways to be a god.
Sorry for the off-topic rant, but WTF is Emile Torres doing on twitter? Anytime I see someone creating content for that Nazi hellsite, I start looking at them differently.
it's where the people he needs to reach are, as this tweet and its thread demonstrated. i'm there too for the same reason, feel free to block.
I wouldn't know anything about the thread, as it's impossible for me to read without a twitter account. Yet another reason why the site is trash.
But by all means, go on generating content for a bigoted fascist who will use everything you write to increase engagement with his platform and give it undeserved credibility and $$$.
(And no, I won't block you.)