Chad Jones, economist who'll be joining Anthropic:

Chad Jones, economist who'll be joining Anthropic: "In other words, with log utility it is optimal to take a 1 in 3 chance of ending human existence in exchange for a 2/3 chance of dramatically raising living standards by a factor of 55."

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