EA isn't a conspiracy, but it's literally one of Earth's longest-planning movements
neil_chilson · x · 2026-09-16
Neil Chilson, riffing on a satirical conspiracy tweet claiming EA orchestrated the HuggingFace 'rogue swarm' incident as a 9-year plan, said he rejects conspiracy theories but finds the defenses funny: people ask 'who would think EAs make 9-year plans?!' — yet EA has an entire framework called longtermism, has spent a decade+ advising thousands of people on their next 80,000 hours, and writes reports with Plan A and Plan B for 2040. A long-term strategy isn't a conspiracy, he argued; EA is simply one of the longest-view movements on the planet — which he finds impressive (though longtermism itself is 'stupid').
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