Former FTC economist revisits his piece on effective altruism and AI policy
neil_chilson · x · 2026-09-16
Neil Chilson, former FTC chief technologist, points to renewed buzz around "effective altruism" and shares his July 2024 Reason article analyzing the links between the EA movement and AI policy, where EA is framed as an intellectual driver of US AI regulation narratives.
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