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Big Technology Podcast

Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6395 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Molly White, Ryan Broderick, and Deepa Seetharaman join Big Technology Podcast to dive deep into the Effective Altruism (EA) vs. Effective Accelerationism (e/acc) debate in Silicon Valley that may have been at the heart of the OpenAI debacle. White is a crypto researcher and critic who writes Citation Needed on Substack, Broderick is an internet culture reporter who writes Garbage Day on Substack, Seetharaman is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal who covers AI. Our three guests join to discuss who these groups are, how they formed, how their influence played into the OpenAI coup and counter-coup, and where they go from here. -- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0

Let's dig into Silicon Valley's religious war between the effective altruists and the

0:05.3

accelerations in a deep discussion with a fantastic group of guests. That's coming up right after this.

0:11.9

From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to

0:17.1

personal development. Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment

0:22.0

in your work and personal life.

0:23.9

Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:29.5

Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.

0:35.7

And this week, we're going to get into the EA and accelerationist war that may or may not

0:40.6

have been at the center of the Open AI debacle, but certainly is starting to play a bigger

0:46.6

role in Silicon Valley.

0:47.9

And we need to get into it.

0:49.1

So we have an unbelievable group of guests joining us today, all of whom have written about

0:53.4

this first

0:54.5

returning, actually in short order after her first appearance. And a crowd favorite, Molly White is here.

1:01.6

She is the author of Molly White's newsletter, which you can find at newsletter.mollywhite.net.

1:07.4

And she's also a crypto researcher and critic.lly welcome back to the show thanks for having me

1:13.2

back great to have you here we also have ryan broderick he's the author of garbage day on substack

1:19.0

it's a great newsletter that looks at internet culture i would say you're probably the most

1:23.3

immersed reporter on internet culture working today ryan welcome welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me.

1:29.3

And yeah, I'm excited to talk about my new religion that I worship now. So I'm very excited.

1:36.1

I'm excited to hear which one you picked. We also have Deepa Sitha Raman, who's a reporter covering

1:42.0

AI at the Wall Street Journal who just wrote a terrific long story about the role of EA in the explosion at OpenAI.

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