Ari Schulman: the real question isn't whether EAs should rule us, but whether something momentous is happening with AI
deanwball · x · 2026-09-17
- Ari Schulman, editor of The New Atlantis, weighs in on the AI discourse war over effective altruism: "Should EAs rule us?" is an obvious hard no.
- But he argues the chief question in front of us is rather "Is something momentous happening with AI?"
- His point: answering that question must not degenerate into mimetic rivalry with EA — the focus should stay on AI itself, not factional politics.
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