Peter Thiel says that effective altruists got 'one big thing right'
Peter Thiel said that early effective altruists were right about AI. 'There was one big thing they knew that the other people did not,' he said.
TL;DR
- Peter Thiel compared effective altruism to a cult but stated they correctly predicted AI's future.
- Effective altruists believed AI would be a significant, socially transformative, and potentially weaponizable technology.
- Thiel linked the effective altruism movement to the AI company Anthropic, noting that several Anthropic employees have associations with the movement.
- He described his critique of effective altruists as a 'steel-man' strategy, highlighting their correct AI predictions.