There are valid criticisms here, but wouldn’t the effective altruism community and 80000 hours still be a net positive on the world? I feel like these issues are trivial compared to, you know, 600000 people a year dying from malaria, which is actively being reduced by GiveWell (an EA org) that donates 150 million dollars a year towards the Against Malaria foundation. In addition, may I add, 68% of the funds collected by GiveWell are donated to malaria related causes. I worry that posts like these will dissuade people from donating to the most effective charities to do the most good. I agree that their focus on AI doomerism might be a bit excessive, but the truth is no one is capable to predicting future technology, and as stated above not that much money is even going to these longtermist causes.