step 1: empower a class of people with a demonstrable lack of concern for human life or flourishing

step 2: empower them with a technology that *in principle* could alleviate suffering but whose actual uses are malleable

step 3: ????

step 4: effective altruism end state achieved
Reposted from Nicholas Grossman
We’re eliminating programs that save millions of people from disease

And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more

Because we need to funnel resources into AI

Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease

Do I have that right?

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