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Recent Examples of altruist
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
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Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
Testimony at his trial suggested that his image as an altruist was at least partially a sham.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The billionaires have bought a lot of brains: Many people in Silicon Valley and around the world now call themselves effective altruists.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Yet despite these concerns and their nominal power in the OpenAI board, the explicit effective altruists in the organization lost out to those focused more on the immediate business opportunities.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
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Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
Testimony at his trial suggested that his image as an altruist was at least partially a sham.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The billionaires have bought a lot of brains: Many people in Silicon Valley and around the world now call themselves effective altruists.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Yet despite these concerns and their nominal power in the OpenAI board, the explicit effective altruists in the organization lost out to those focused more on the immediate business opportunities.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
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For Pisano’s procedure earlier this year, the NYU team used a donor pig with a single genetic edit—a gene knockout to eliminate alpha-gal sugar on the surface of the pigs’ cells.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated Frank Bisignano, a GOP donor and CEO of fintech and payments firm Fiserv, to the role.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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One gift giver's view: Giving a gift doesn't mean one is expected in return USA TODAY reader Johnney Taylor loves giving gifts to people who aren't expecting it.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Valued at $412 but priced under $150, this beauty kit is a steal for gift givers looking for quality products without a hefty price tag!Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
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Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Unusual benefactors?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Though benefactor scandals were not unheard of, there’d never been a reckoning quite like this one.Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Despite having solid individual contributors, this team never gelled.Todd Boss, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The film has attracted prominent supporters, among them actress Kerry Washington and philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld, who joined the project as executive producers.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Chris Dorsey is a publishing and television pioneer, conservation thought leader, philanthropist, author, and entrepreneur.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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