It's easy to want to make fun of Nic because this is so obviously and profoundly wrong and short-sighted and not-even-a-little-bit-thought-through from a political, technological and economic perspective...but I think there's still enough people with enough money in a big enough bubble that you can make a ton of money betting on the the other... See more

I'm often critical of Effective Altruism (EA) and I'm sure I'll get more pushback for this, but I've been thinking a lot lately about the discourse on AI doomerism, extinction risk, etc., and here's my big take on what's going on and why. Buckle up, friends, it gets spicy.🧵