Based on what’s been said in this thread, donating more money to MIRI has precisely zero impact on whether they achieve their goals, so why continue to donate to them?
Based on what’s been said in this thread, donating more money to MIRI has precisely zero impact on whether they achieve their goals
Well obviously, I disagree with this! As I said in my comment, I’m eg tentatively happy about the Visible Thoughts project. I’m hopeful to see more experimentation in the future, hopefully eventually narrowing down to an actual plan.
Worst case scenario, giving them more money now would at least make them more able to “take advantage of a miracle” in the future (though obviously I’m really really hoping for more than that).
That seems a bit like a Pascal’s mugging to me, especially considering there are plenty of other organizations to give to which don’t rely on a potential future miracle which may or may not require a tremendous sum of already existing money in the organization...
Based on what’s been said in this thread, donating more money to MIRI has precisely zero impact on whether they achieve their goals, so why continue to donate to them?
FWIW I don’t donate to MIRI anymore much myself precisely because they aren’t funding-constrained. And a MIRI employee even advised me as much.
Well obviously, I disagree with this! As I said in my comment, I’m eg tentatively happy about the Visible Thoughts project. I’m hopeful to see more experimentation in the future, hopefully eventually narrowing down to an actual plan.
Worst case scenario, giving them more money now would at least make them more able to “take advantage of a miracle” in the future (though obviously I’m really really hoping for more than that).
That seems a bit like a Pascal’s mugging to me, especially considering there are plenty of other organizations to give to which don’t rely on a potential future miracle which may or may not require a tremendous sum of already existing money in the organization...