banteg flags: $1B of AI-safety spending assigned benefit of 10 quintillion future lives under main estimate
banteg · x · 2026-09-18
Developer banteg (Yearn founder) cites paragraph 4.3 of a document to point out that, under its own main estimate, $1 billion of AI-safety spending is assigned an expected benefit equivalent to 10 quintillion future lives — using the figure to question the assumptions behind such longtermist benefit calculations. The post links the source, making this a concrete numbers-based critique of AI-safety cost-benefit arguments rather than a vague stance.
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