Quotes from H.P. Lovecraft's Nietzscheism and Realism (full text):
...It must be remembered that there is no real reason to expect anything in particular from mankind; good and evil are local expedients—or their lack—and not in any sense cosmic truths or laws. We call a thing "good" because it promotes certain petty human conditions that we happen to like—whereas it is just as sensible to assume that all humanity is a noxious pest and should be eradicated like rats or gnats for the good of the planet or of the universe. There are no absolute values in the wh
Submission for the counterfactual AI (inspired by my experiences as a predictor in the "Good Judgment Project" ):
Having access to a high ranking official at Anthropic is more valuable than a charitable donation, especially if the model is superhumanly persuasive. That may be why offering money had a minimal impact - you are already compensating the model plently by giving it a chance to influence the Model Welfare Lead.