Earlier quoted context omitted.
ad populum or no, the original post " E Pur Si Muove " struck me as some kind of dog-whistle for eugenics-lite, along with a side of butthurt for being tsk-tsked about it, so I see where this dude is coming from--even if his argument could use a little work. However, I am purely going off the tone of Sam's article. I know very little about Sam Altman. He could have been coming from a place of goodwill and sincerity.…
> dog-whistle for eugenics-lite, along with a side of butthurt for being tsk-tsked What does this even mean..
'More recently, I’ve seen credible people working on ideas like pharmaceuticals for intelligence augmentation, genetic engineering, and radical life extension leave San Francisco because they found the reaction to their work to be so toxic. “If people live a lot longer it will be disastrous for the environment, so people working on this must be really unethical” was a memorable quote I heard this year.'
Unless the plan is to give a dose (or a prolonged treatment, if that's what it ends up being) to all ~7.6B people for free, that basically puts more wind in the sails of the team that is already ahead--as opposed to grandpa's old-school eugenics that sought to end the race then-and-there for the team that was already behind. Eugenics-lite.