> The movement’s long-standing fears of an AI catastrophe make it a villain in the eyes of the Trump administration. “Americanism, not effective altruism,” is the Department of War’s attack line. The president’s allies are going after Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, as a representative of effective altruism.

I'd wager that it's simply the government wanting absolute power (as it should) and going after misaligned oligarchs.

So, effectively, power struggles in circles beyond our reach.

Arguably a good thing that the government would eventually try to claw back power there, given that in theory, it's democratically elected and all.

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SillyUsername 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The purpose of the government is to serve the people, not "absolute power", unless you enjoy kings and fiefdoms.

	▲	hypfer 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, and how does it do that if random people without a democratic mandate can just hold power over some important resource to the point where they steer society itself? That's what is meant by "absolute power"

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AnimalMuppet 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, in a system of limited government, the government should not want absolute power. If it wants it, it should absolutely not get it.

Mind you, I don't want the effective altruists to have the kind of power they seem to want, either...