Critics Blast EA/MIRI Circle for Spectacularly Wrong Predictions and AI Safety Policies
beffjezos · x · 2026-07-31
Commentator @beffjezos launched a fierce critique against the intellectual circle of Effective Altruism (EA) and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). He pointed out that these groups continuously make highly confident predictions that turn out to be spectacularly wrong, arguing that their overconfidence in predictive power ultimately harms people.
He listed a series of recent scandals and controversies involving this circle, including the collapse of FTX, Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund, and the AI safety policies they advocate. The context suggests the circle may be facing yet another financial or trust-related scandal.
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