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EA and AI Safety's Humility Problem — Nixon Hanna

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Note: All anecdotes used are not meant to represent any group or movement in its entirety, but rather to provide more concrete context for certain situations. I believe many EAs are too confident in the beliefs they arrive at through reasoning built on their own lived experience, which (in my opinion) contributes to the public’s perception of the community as cultish. A person’s experiences make up 100% of their perception of the world, despite representing only 0.000000001% of what has actually occurred. Yet many EAs seem strongly convinced of certain beliefs because they build on that 0.000000001% with reason and logic. Some of these convictions may well be true regardless of the limited foundational evidence, but I believe many are likely mistaken—and, when shared so readily, they contribute to public perception problems. The other day, I was talking to a friend who is heavily involved in the AI safety movement—someone who is convinced of the risks and doing considerable work to hel

Note: All anecdotes used are not meant to represent any group or movement in its entirety, but rather to provide more concrete context for certain situations. I believe many EAs are too confident in the beliefs they arrive at through reasoning built on their own lived experience, which (in my opinion) contributes to the public’s perception of the community as cultish. A person’s experiences make up 100% of their perception of the world, despite representing only 0.000000001% of what has actually occurred. Yet many EAs seem strongly convinced of certain beliefs because they build on that 0.0000

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