Question
A book by this philosopher argues that the creation of artificial general intelligence could freeze moral standards in place creating what he dubs a “value lock-in.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Oxford philosopher who defended longtermism in his 2022 book What We Owe the Future. Until late 2022, this philosopher was a board member of cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Future Fund.
ANSWER: William MacAskill
[10e] Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency fortune helped bankroll this trendy utilitarian social movement, which aims to eliminate poverty via evidence-based charity and earning to give.
ANSWER: effective altruism [or EA]
[10m] As a teenager, MacAskill read Peter Singer’s essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” which argues that there is no moral difference between doing this specific action and helping “a Bengali whose name [you] shall never know.”
ANSWER: saving a drowning child [accept clear knowledge equivalents mentioning both drowning AND a child; prompt on partial answers]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 6 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
Data
| BHSU | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| I would prefer not to | In Search of Things Past | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| remembrance of lost time | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Canadians | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |