Weekend reads on effective altruism, Anthropic, and machine consciousness debates

The Economist argues that effective altruism's belief that only its adherents can be trusted with powerful AI is an alarming idea, and the newsletter links to a response from Coefficient Giving CEO Alexander Berger.

The New York Times reports that Anthropic consulted religious scholars and theologians on machine consciousness, and the newsletter notes Anthropic's team proposed withdrawing from a Vatican event before the Pope's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas said AIs do not possess a moral conscience.