Marc Andreessen mocks EA: 'EAs would literally kill a human to save 33 shrimp'
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-20
Marc Andreessen quote-shares Jordan Schachtel's post attacking Effective Altruists for assigning "moral weights" to human lives — reportedly worth about two pigs or three chickens each. He warns such models will guide fund distribution through Anthropic's "public good" operation, sharpening the ongoing feud over EA-style ethics quantification and how Anthropic allocates its funding.
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