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by oh54321
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I've noticed lots of the EA criticisms I've read are either:

  • Uncharitable
  •  A post on EA forum, made by an EA-adjacent person

I want to find things that aren't this; criticisms of EA made by people who aren't part of the "EA community" that seem more reasonable. Are there any good people/articles to look into? 

An example of the kind of thing I'm looking for is: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156248637927143&id=722677142. LeCun seems pretty unconvinced of AI Safety, and his criticisms seem pretty reasonable and not uncharitable. 

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Nathaniel

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Although it's against longtermism and not EA, this recent blog post by Boaz Barak (a computer science professor at Harvard) might qualify.

oh543211
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Yep this is also what I'm looking for, thanks!

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Ben Stewart

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Although a little old (2015), this lead essay by Peter Singer in the Boston Review has a set of 11 response essays from notable academics and writers, who differ in both disciplinary background and degree of support for EA. 

I think there's probably better and more recent critiques, but it's a good spread to start with. 

oh543213
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This is excellent, thank you. 

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Ben Stewart
No worries! There's also this, very recently:  https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JBAPssaYMMRfNqYt7/michael-nielsen-s-notes-on-effective-altruism 
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