Holden is comparing SI to other giving opportunities, not just to giving opportunities that may reduce x-risk. That’s not a part of the discussion Eliezer feels he should contribute to, though. I tried to address it in the first two sections of my post above, and then in part 3 I talked about why both FHI and SI contribute unique and important value to the x-risk reduction front.
In other words: I tried to explain that for many people, x-risk is Super Duper Important, and so for those people, what matters is which charities among those reducing x-risk they should support. And then I went on to talk about SI’s value for x-risk reduction in particular.
Much of the debate over x-risk as a giving opportunity in general has to do with Holden’s earlier posts about expected value estimates, and SI’s post on that subject (written by Steven Kaas) is still under development.
Holden is comparing SI to other giving opportunities, not just to giving opportunities that may reduce x-risk. That’s not a part of the discussion Eliezer feels he should contribute to, though. I tried to address it in the first two sections of my post above, and then in part 3 I talked about why both FHI and SI contribute unique and important value to the x-risk reduction front.
In other words: I tried to explain that for many people, x-risk is Super Duper Important, and so for those people, what matters is which charities among those reducing x-risk they should support. And then I went on to talk about SI’s value for x-risk reduction in particular.
Much of the debate over x-risk as a giving opportunity in general has to do with Holden’s earlier posts about expected value estimates, and SI’s post on that subject (written by Steven Kaas) is still under development.