Amodei's 'adults are 2-3x more worthy of charity' remark sparks EA drama
SashaGusevPosts · x · 2026-11-06
Sasha Gusev mocked Dario Amodei's claim that adults are '2-3x more worthy of charity than children — a number I just invented but it feels right.' The public was aghast, while effective altruists countered: 'So you hate cost-benefit analysis?' The thread captures the tension between an AI leader's offhand quantification and EA culture, with others noting that quantifying donation tradeoffs is valuable even when a specific attempt is flawed.
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