mark_k: EA doesn't want to ban AI — it wants to be the high priests deciding who gets access
mark_k · x · 2026-09-22
AI commentator markk accuses the Effective Altruism movement of a perverse stance: they don't really want to ban AI, but rather to stop everyone else from using it while becoming "high priests" who wield its power and decide who gets access. A pointed datapoint in the ongoing AI safety vs. acceleration culture war.
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