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This is not meant as a criticism of the post, but it seems like we should be able to do better than having some of us give money to groups pushing for banning AGI development, and others invest in AGI-related companies to accelerate AGI, especially if both of these are altruists with a reasonably similar prior aiming to reduce existential risk...
(Both giving to strategic research instead seems like a reasonable alternative.)
Right... it's a bit like in 2004 when my friend insisted that we both waste many hours to go vote on the presidential election, even though we both knew we were voting for opposite candidates. It would have been wiser for us both to stay home and donate to something we both supported (e.g. campaign finance reform), in whatever amount reflected the value of the time we actually spent voting.
I should note that investing in an AGI company while also investing in AGI safety research need not be as contradictory as it sounds, if you can use your investment in the AGI company to bias its development work toward safety, as Legg once suggested. In fact, I know at least three individuals (that I shall not name) who appear to be doing exactly this.