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EDIT: I agree with your conclusion, but...
(Checks Don Loeb reference.)
While, unsurprisingly, we end up adding to the same normality, I would not say that these folks have the same metaethics I do. Certainly Greene's paper title "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth About Morality" was enough to tell me that he probably didn't have exactly the same metaethics and interpretation I did. I would not feel at all comfortable describing myself as a "moral irrealist" on the basis of what I've seen so far.
Drescher one-boxes on Newcomb's Problem, but doesn't seem to have invented quite the same decision theory I have.
I don't think Nick ever claimed to have invented the Simulation Argument - he would probably be quite willing to credit Moravec.
On many other things, I have tried to use standard terminology where I actually agree with standard theories, and provide a reference or two. Where I am knowingly being just a messenger, I do usually try to convey that. But you may be reading too much into certain similarities that also have important points of difference or further development.
EDIT2: I occasionally notice the problem you point to, and write a blog post telling people to read more textbooks. Probably this is not enough. I'll try to reach a higher standard in any canonicalized versions.
I took a look at Greene's dissertation when Roko started pushing it, but I don't think Greene's views are much like Eliezer's at all. Specifically he doesn't seem to emphasize what Eliezer calls the "subjectively objective" quality of morality, or the fact that people may be mistaken as to what their morality says. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I agree with the rest of the original post.
I agree about the difference of emphasis but I don't think they have a major substantive disagreement on those issues. You can check with Owain Evans, who knows him.