Re “invest in AI and spend the proceeds on AI safety”—another consideration other than the ethical (/FDT) concerns, is that of liquidity. Have you managed to pull out any profits from Anthropic yet? If not, how likely do you think it is that you will be able to[1] before the singularity/doom?
indeed, illiquidity is a big constraint to my philanthropy, so in very short timelines my “invest (in startups) and redistribute” policy does not work too well.
Re “invest in AI and spend the proceeds on AI safety”—another consideration other than the ethical (/FDT) concerns, is that of liquidity. Have you managed to pull out any profits from Anthropic yet? If not, how likely do you think it is that you will be able to[1] before the singularity/doom?
Maybe this would require an IPO?
indeed, illiquidity is a big constraint to my philanthropy, so in very short timelines my “invest (in startups) and redistribute” policy does not work too well.