AI community clash: EA doomers accused of thinking they're above democracy on AI governance
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-15
The author criticizes Effective Altruist AI doomers for believing they should be put in charge of AI, arguing they position themselves above democracy — "a big mistake." The quoted tweet poses a thought experiment: if one group were unilaterally given full power to align and set the values of a fate-determining AI, which would you trust most? The post is part of an ongoing alignment-governance debate over who should control transformative AI.
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