CAIS's Dan Hendrycks took $13M from EA orgs yet denies being an EA
anpaure · x · 2026-09-17
AI safety researcher tomekkorbak posted a jab at CAIS's recent direction; a reply cites a LessWrong post noting CAIS founder Dan Hendrycks was shaped by Effective Altruism, took $13M from OpenPhilanthropy and the FTX Foundation, yet denies being an EA member in press interviews. The post draws parallels with Future of Life Institute founders, and commenters debate whether his distancing is dishonest.
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