X spat: jd_pressman calls MacAskill 'a coward' whose AI views don't matter
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-12
In a reply to Richard Ngo's discussion, jdpressman argued that politeness couldn't control Anthropic's 'consequentialist' founding team, and dismissed Will MacAskill as 'a coward' whose involvement in AI is 'a rounding error' that doesn't affect outcomes.
Related event: Debate Flares Over MacAskill's AI Influence and Anthropic's Founders(2 posts)→
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