Debate: Scott Alexander opposes AI pause because he believes in Singularity utopia
zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-04
An AI-safety community spat over EA stances on pausing AI: a viral post argues Scott Alexander isn't impartially assessing Pause — he opposes it because he genuinely expects the Singularity to deliver post-scarcity immortality, even joking about friends owning planets under ASI. The critic likens listening to Alexander on not building world-ending tech to "listening to a Scientologist about psychiatry," while noting this critique doesn't extend to his AI Futures Project colleagues. The exchange exposes deep distrust between doomers and accelerationists over motives.
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