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Leave aside SIAI specific claims here. The point Eliezer was making, was about 'all your eggs in one basket' claims in general. In situations like this (your contribution doesn't drastically change the payoff at the margin, etc) putting all your eggs in best basket is the right thing to do.
You can understand that insight completely independently of your position on existential risk mitigation.