Christopher Chantrill – I was reading a piece about EA — Effective Altruism — its intellectual godfather the utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer, and how billionaires from Elon Musk to SBF are directing billions into solving global poverty with EA. Then all of a sudden the writer swung into a discussion of AI — Artificial Intelligence — and the challenge of saving the world when AI really gets going.
I tell you what I think. I think that EA and AI are nothing more or less than Socialism 2.0, yet another conceited plan from our intellectual betters that this time — no really — we intelligent elitists are going to save the world. Continue reading