Perry E. Metzger(@perrymetzger):You left out Max Tegmark's Future of Life Institute. They're a major EA player, it's not just Coefficient. Tegmark has been behind money for things like bribing religious groups to oppose AI (he's himself a militant atheist but he's cynical) and spending money on anti-data center organizing by astroturf "right wing" groups like "Humans First". There's a whole lot more going on beyond them. Coefficient and FLI etc. also fund dozens of front groups, like Tarbell (which pays off journalists to write anti-AI stories). I recommend Nirit Weiss-Blatt's map, which shows the breadth of the operation.

2026.09.12 13:43

You left out Max Tegmark's Future of Life Institute. They're a major EA player, it's not just Coefficient. Tegmark has been behind money for things like bribing religious groups to oppose AI (he's himself a militant atheist but he's cynical) and spending money on anti-data center organizing by astroturf "right wing" groups like "Humans First". There's a whole lot more going on beyond them. Coefficient and FLI etc. also fund dozens of front groups, like Tarbell (which pays off journalists to write anti-AI stories). I recommend Nirit Weiss-Blatt's map, which shows the breadth of the operation.