EA and Longtermist Wins and Losses - Footnote 6

Note: The article mentions the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried on charges of fraud and money laundering, but does not explicitly state that this damaged EA's credibility. This is implied, but not directly stated. The article does not mention the closure of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford in April 2024. It only mentions that Nick Bostrom directs Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and that Ord is a senior research fellow at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute. The article does not explicitly state that the FHI closure was the largest single institutional loss in the longtermist research ecosystem. This is an overclaim. The article does not explicitly state that critics challenge longtermism's epistemological foundations, but it does mention that there is a disconnect between an almost-neurotic focus on hard evidence of effectiveness in some areas of EA and a willingness to accept extremely abstract and conjectural “evidence” in others.