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Silicon Valley's Apocalyptic Views on AI
The latest in a series of articles discusses the rise of effective altruism as a driving force behind the current AI doom cycle, with adherents influencing major tech companies like Anthropic.
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The Verge
It's a time of apocalyptic worldviews in Silicon Valley. The latest AI doom cycle is driven by effective altruism, a philosophy that has lurked around the fringes for years but recently burst into the mainstream because its adherents are embedded across the AI industry, from Anthropic to newly appoi
2026-10-20 15:45 UTC