“Co-founder of Facebook” is a bad backstory for a presidential candidate. Dustin Moskovitz has no chance of winning an election. If the goal is to get him into a debate to raise issues, well, he’s probably still not a good choice of person for that. Overall this seems like, at best, a waste of time.
Dustin Moskovitz left Facebook in 2008, so I don’t think he really has too much baggage from Facebook. I agree Moskovitz winning the presidency would be a long shot, but I still think it is worth it, as he could perhaps gain a cabinet position/ influence the eventual winner to take a harder line on AI Safety.
I don’t think you can get away from the baggage. Voters would associate him with Zuckerberg and Meta/Facebook, whether fair or not. The EA branding is also a liability in the political arena post-FTX, whether fair or not.
Does the guy have ANY retail political skill on the record? To me, it seems like a category error considering Moskovitz for POTUS. Someone who deeply understands a problem but has no political experience is better suited as an advisor. What about all the other problems a POTUS has to deal with?
I think at the very least Dustin Moskovitz would make for a decent AI czar. In terms of the other issues, while I don’t know him personally and he hasn’t made very many public comments on specific policy, Dustin Moskovitz seems to be a very competent person with genuine empathy and a commitment to giving. I don’t really know what more you could realistically ask for.
“Co-founder of Facebook” is a bad backstory for a presidential candidate. Dustin Moskovitz has no chance of winning an election. If the goal is to get him into a debate to raise issues, well, he’s probably still not a good choice of person for that. Overall this seems like, at best, a waste of time.
Dustin Moskovitz left Facebook in 2008, so I don’t think he really has too much baggage from Facebook. I agree Moskovitz winning the presidency would be a long shot, but I still think it is worth it, as he could perhaps gain a cabinet position/ influence the eventual winner to take a harder line on AI Safety.
I don’t think you can get away from the baggage. Voters would associate him with Zuckerberg and Meta/Facebook, whether fair or not. The EA branding is also a liability in the political arena post-FTX, whether fair or not.
Does the guy have ANY retail political skill on the record? To me, it seems like a category error considering Moskovitz for POTUS. Someone who deeply understands a problem but has no political experience is better suited as an advisor. What about all the other problems a POTUS has to deal with?
I think at the very least Dustin Moskovitz would make for a decent AI czar. In terms of the other issues, while I don’t know him personally and he hasn’t made very many public comments on specific policy, Dustin Moskovitz seems to be a very competent person with genuine empathy and a commitment to giving. I don’t really know what more you could realistically ask for.