pacing the frontier is bullshit
effective altruists always betray their claimed values
effective altruists have no values actually
effective altruists always betray their claimed values
effective altruists have no values actually
as someone sympathetic to "pacing the frontier," this uhhh does not look like a frontier that's being paced
Opus 5.5
better and cheaper than Opus 5 — typically 40% cheaper, $4/mtok input, $20/mtok out
www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-...
better and cheaper than Opus 5 — typically 40% cheaper, $4/mtok input, $20/mtok out
www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-...
September 23, 2026 at 4:27 AM
pacing the frontier is bullshit
effective altruists always betray their claimed values
effective altruists have no values actually
effective altruists always betray their claimed values
effective altruists have no values actually
"We are a society of altruists, governed by psychopaths."
George Monbiot
George Monbiot
October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"We are a society of altruists, governed by psychopaths."
George Monbiot
George Monbiot
people talk about liberalism failing but boy howdy did the effective altruists and longtermists just fly straight into a wall
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
people talk about liberalism failing but boy howdy did the effective altruists and longtermists just fly straight into a wall
"Effective Altruists and Rationalists, like squid, spray ink when threatened." lol
September 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"Effective Altruists and Rationalists, like squid, spray ink when threatened." lol
As far as I can tell, “effective altruists” are neither altruists nor effective.
July 31, 2026 at 7:37 AM
As far as I can tell, “effective altruists” are neither altruists nor effective.
omg "Effective Altruists and Rationalists, like squid, spray ink when threatened." I snorted
September 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
omg "Effective Altruists and Rationalists, like squid, spray ink when threatened." I snorted
As far as I can tell, Effective Altruists are Utilitarians who are relieved that in the Trolley Problem, saving 5 people justifies their innate desire to kill the one guy
September 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
As far as I can tell, Effective Altruists are Utilitarians who are relieved that in the Trolley Problem, saving 5 people justifies their innate desire to kill the one guy
Meanwhile the "effective altruists" are tweeting this shit
February 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Meanwhile the "effective altruists" are tweeting this shit
The Effective Altruists are one of the bonkers Silicon Valley cults.
Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.
ironholds.org
September 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The Effective Altruists are one of the bonkers Silicon Valley cults.
Given Musk's shutting down of USAID I think we can pronounce the death of the "billionaires are altruists" argument
And philanthropy is the very weakest defence. Society shouldn’t have to (and likely cannot afford to) depend on the whims of a few wealthy people to decide to fund e.g. malaria treatment/prevention.
July 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Given Musk's shutting down of USAID I think we can pronounce the death of the "billionaires are altruists" argument
Wonder what all those Silicon Valley "effective altruists" make of their kin destroying by far the largest aid agency in the world?
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Wonder what all those Silicon Valley "effective altruists" make of their kin destroying by far the largest aid agency in the world?
I just think effective altruists need to all be sent into the retail mines until they get their minds back
September 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I just think effective altruists need to all be sent into the retail mines until they get their minds back
Where are the effective altruists now?
1. All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Where are the effective altruists now?
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
Hello effective altruists, here’s a way you can convince me you’re not just talking a big game:
I’d be all on board with EA if they announced jihad against Elon Musk.
September 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Hello effective altruists, here’s a way you can convince me you’re not just talking a big game:
The prosperity theology of effective altruists is one of their many tiring qualities
Folks, according to the effective altruists, it's not just the impending machine god that will bring us utopia. No no, it's also all their newly rich dudes from Anthropic & OpenAI IPOs who will save the world.
Yes. We have so much to look forward to.
Yes. We have so much to look forward to.
May 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The prosperity theology of effective altruists is one of their many tiring qualities
the author of harry potter and the methods of rationality has the vice president's ear. effective altruists are steering the economy. the worst posters of the 2010's are ascendant
one of the funniest things to keep coming out of the anthropic reporting is that the pentagon was trying to convince amodei by proposing elaborate hypothetical scenarios. buddy do you think an EFFECTIVE ALTRUIST has never considered a bizarrely specific and elaborate hypothetical scenario??
![[Dario Amodei Bane voice] “Oh, you think stupid elaborate hypotheticals are your ally. But you merely adopted elaborate and weirdly specific hypothetical scenarios; I was born in them, molded by them. I didn’t see a normal argument until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f6yzeddlu7zjqbthmn37yvom/bafkreib7pecf4dbdvggwa5kwnnlvfhp3pzs7nzzdcnltn7ocx2dqeprjha)
February 28, 2026 at 1:08 AM
the author of harry potter and the methods of rationality has the vice president's ear. effective altruists are steering the economy. the worst posters of the 2010's are ascendant
Why aren't effective altruists ready to embrace generivory?
December 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Why aren't effective altruists ready to embrace generivory?
name five effective altruists rn who are increasing sense making or gtfo
January 2, 2026 at 7:42 AM
name five effective altruists rn who are increasing sense making or gtfo
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kind of incredible how many times Sam Bankman-Fried's veganism comes up in his sentencing submission and the attached letters of support
February 28, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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Every conversation amongst Effective Altruists:
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Every conversation amongst Effective Altruists:
pretty sure none of the most powerful people in silicon valley realize how fully their collective public image has swung, from plucky altruists to an epicenter of evil
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
pretty sure none of the most powerful people in silicon valley realize how fully their collective public image has swung, from plucky altruists to an epicenter of evil
Anyway, well done effective altruists. I'm actually not shocked that you are the ones coming out swinging against (checks notes) the request to treat other people as fully human.
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Anyway, well done effective altruists. I'm actually not shocked that you are the ones coming out swinging against (checks notes) the request to treat other people as fully human.
Oxford is now a cesspool of long-termists, effective altruists, tech worshippers, misogynists, racists, eugenicists, fascists and transphobes.
Are they going to let the machines destroy the library materials in the process of plagiarizing them?
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library | OpenAI | The Guardian share.google/iUiuY36ov1Us...
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library | OpenAI | The Guardian share.google/iUiuY36ov1Us...
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT
share.google
September 27, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Oxford is now a cesspool of long-termists, effective altruists, tech worshippers, misogynists, racists, eugenicists, fascists and transphobes.
Every basic income study: hey so you know what’s super effective?
Effective altruists: can’t hear you going through a tunnel made out of our own money
Effective altruists: can’t hear you going through a tunnel made out of our own money
March 16, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Every basic income study: hey so you know what’s super effective?
Effective altruists: can’t hear you going through a tunnel made out of our own money
Effective altruists: can’t hear you going through a tunnel made out of our own money