[kalkin]

> Reject the false and self-serving narratives that empathy doesn't matter, that altruism isn't "effective"

Who is this supposed to be arguing with? It sort of reads like it's trying to disparage "effective altruism", but I'm not sure.

Setting aside any of the AI stuff, I've started to find it pretty grating when people seem to imply that transferring millions of dollars from wealthy people in California and the UK to impoverished Kenyans and Rwandans, or buying malaria bednets which can save a child's life for the cost of a fancy new gaming rig, is "self-serving" or something because weirdos are doing it, while true caring for other people involves [unspecified thing that doesn't appear to ask any material sacrifice comparable to donating a large percentage of income].