Situational Awareness probably caused Project Stargate to some extent. Getting the Republican party to take AI seriously enough to let them launch in the White House is no joke and less likely without the essay.
It also started the website-essay meta which is part of why AI 2027, The Compendium, and Gradual Disempowerment all launched the way they did, so there are knock-on effects too.
Situational Awareness probably caused Project Stargate to some extent. Getting the Republican party to take AI seriously enough to let them launch in the White House is no joke and less likely without the essay.
It also started the website-essay meta which is part of why AI 2027, The Compendium, and Gradual Disempowerment all launched the way they did, so there are knock-on effects too.