Sources: a White House memo paints effective altruism as a fringe, dangerous cult that "built the AI-doom pipeline" and places Dario Amodei at its foundation (Axios) — SkimNews
Get the Tech newsletter
Daily tech — startups, AI labs, chips, the launches that shape the next decade. Free.
- White House memo labels effective altruism a "fringe, dangerous cult" and claims the movement "built the AI-doom pipeline," according to sources.
- Dario Amodei is cast in the memo as a foundational figure of effective altruism, with Trump's allies targeting the Anthropic CEO as the face of AI "doomerism" and a "founding father."
Why it matters: The memo marks an explicit administration effort to discredit prominent AI safety advocacy by branding its intellectual home a 'cult,' making Amodei — the CEO of a frontier-model lab — the most visible single target in a wider 'doomerism' critique of cautious AI development.
Ask SkimNews
