Talk:Future of Life Institute

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COI Edit request - Remove Longtermism

I request removing the description "longtermist philosophy" from this page, as it is inaccurate. The Future of Life institute is not guided by a longtermist philosophy. Source: Here is the Future of Life Institute's Director of Policy on Twitter saying "I do want to clarify that @FLIxrisk is not a longtermist organisation." https://twitter.com/MarkBrakel/status/1641089285167144960 COI: I work for the Future of Life Institute. Beisenpress (talk) Beisenpress (talk) 22:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are two sources used to support the assertion FoLI has a longtermist philosophy. The first uses the term "longterm" but it has nothing to do with the the specific philosophy in question (from what I can see), nor does the source call FoLI a longermist organization. The second source says some of the initial wealthy funders of FoLI hold/held a longtermist philosophy, but this doesn't mean FoLI itself does. As such I agree to remove it, particularly in light of the Dir. of Policy directly asserting their position is not longtermist. -- GreenC 01:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additional sources

  • Khari Johnson (September 1, 2021). "The Fight to Define When AI is 'High-Risk'". Wired.
  • Stuart Russell; Anthony Aguirre (June 16, 2021). "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Exist; They Must Be Banned". IEEE Spectrum. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  • Somini Sengupta; Rick Gladstone (March 27, 2017). "United States and Allies Protest U.N. Talks to Ban Nuclear Weapons". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  • Michael del Castillo (15 January 2015). "Startup branding doesn't hide apocalyptic undertones of letter signed by Elon Musk". Upstart Business Journal.

-- GreenC 00:40, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]