Every generation brings a new class of elites who claim they’ve discovered a new formula for saving humanity. Boomer elites peddled a regimen of public health, education, and science as a cure for social decay. Millennial gurus heralded environmental religion and social justice as their elixir for saving the earth from disaster. Regardless of which self-righteous brigade winds up pushing a moral mandate, the outcome is invariably zero social benefit while the elites somehow manage to award themselves small fortunes.

Today, the cause du jour is “effective altruism,” an alleged humanity-saving cure sold by a small but influential tribe of business leaders trying to convince us we’re on the brink of an AI apocalypse only they can stop. When applied to AI, effective altruism, as they describe it, uses reason, math, and transparency to make the world moral by limiting technology in ways that supposedly maximize societal impact and minimize harm to humans.

On the surface, effective altruism may seem like a philanthropic movement embedded in AI software solutions, but behind these “ethical” algorithms is a power play to justify government control and tech elite oversight. It’s a cult of control sold through scare tactics and AI doomerism. To wit, it is a most unwelcome development as America is in the midst of a crucial fight with China in the race to dominate AI, a race where not finishing first is truly finishing last.

The left, of course, is taking the bait and going back for seconds. Socialist Senator Bernie........

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