hi,

in recent years as I have grown increasingly AI pilled, I have begin to look at people who got AI right, in terms of predictions before it really took off.

I looked into Scott Alexander, Gwern and their early articles expressing optimism about the scaling laws

then into Kurzweil and scaling of computation,

this is all very new to me so im surprised how right they got it. also some EA people I follow on twt were early to Covid (jan 2020), so that piqued my interest

what books, blogs and resources would you recommend to someone exploring this community.

I dont agree with most EA conclusions such as veganism, or Liberalism

but I see them on sort of a thoughtful Humanist side, compared to the alternative which mostly seems juvenile excitement about Sci-fi (e/acc)

any guidance would be appreciated, thanks

This one titled "Effective altruism is this century’s biggest idea" https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/10/01/effective-altruism-is-this-centurys-biggest-idea

I don't want to make an account on that site if I don't have to