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Written by EA co-founder Will MacAskill, this post is notable as a prominent EA philosopher's public reckoning with how the movement should respond to near-term AGI scenarios, relevant to understanding EA's evolving relationship with AI safety priorities.

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Will MacAskill reflects on how the effective altruism movement should adapt its priorities and strategies in response to the rapidly approaching prospect of artificial general intelligence. The piece examines the implications of AGI for long-termist reasoning, cause prioritization, and EA's institutional role in shaping AI development outcomes.

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•AGI development fundamentally reshapes how EA should think about cause prioritization and resource allocation
•The convergence of EA and AI safety communities raises questions about movement identity, strategy, and potential conflicts of interest
•Long-termist frameworks face new stress tests as AGI timelines compress and uncertainty about outcomes increases
•MacAskill considers EA's responsibilities given its influence over AI labs and policy discussions
•The piece grapples with whether EA institutions are well-positioned to navigate transformative AI development

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