Three Things To Do
Fill out my reader survey, contact your senator, and volunteer for the Alex Bores campaign
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I just released a reader survey. Would hugely appreciate you taking it. It should take less than five minutes.
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I mentioned before that there’s currently a bill that will, if passed, lead to millions of pigs being kept in small crates for the whole duration of their pregnancy. It passed the House, and now it is off to the Senate. So please, please, call your senator and tell them to vote no on any farm bill that includes the Save Our Bacon Act provision. See here for more details. Should only take five minutes.
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Alex Bores is running for Congress and facing down the dark empire—tech firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Meta are trying to destroy his political future. Bores authored the RAISE act, which was the most successful AI safety bill ever passed. Big AI companies want to destroy him to send a signal that if you stand up for AI safety, your political career is over.
So to help Bores, I’d recommend:
See here for a more detailed cost benefit analysis of money sent to Bores. But in short, this is a good place to spend because:
Having someone in Congress trying to reduce AI misalignment is hugely important. Congress is very powerful—it is alarming that Congress is asleep on the issue that we’re building unregulated superintelligence that leading experts think could kill everyone.
Bores is amazing. You can help his career go further.
If Bores wins, it sends a signal that big tech can’t destroy those who advocate for AI safety.
There are some very rich EAs who have funded the low-hanging fruit in the AI space. But it’s hard for them to fund politics due to political spending limits. So this is where the low-hanging fruit resides.
Thanks!
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Some stuff I put on survey:
Engage more with critics and stop using "intuition" or "seemings" or "but that would be crazy" so much when arguing.
Stuff that I don't like: glib dismissal of continental philosophy, theism (not as convincing as you think), stance on miracles - although maybe changed this, think it was behind a locked post, anthropic reasoning - you don't post so much anymore but they were tons of articles that were mostly gibberish to me.
Stuff that is good - very informative posts on just how bad factory farming is
I'd love to hear how you think about the tradeoff between the welfare of the pigs, and the degredation of democracy that comes from the government of one state regulating how pigs are treat in another. The bill you reference allows states to regulate animals within their borders, it simply forbids them from regulating animals outside their borders, and as much as I want the animals to be treated better, I can't condone the dictatorial behavior of a state trying to regulate beyond its borders.