>Everything Sam Bankman-Fried is doing is in singular pursuit of not going to jail
That's weird-shouldn't he be doing everything that's possible to go to jail? Everybody would like to go to jail.
That's weird-shouldn't he be doing everything that's possible to go to jail? Everybody would like to go to jail.
- Next level risk management: don't worry about it
- Next level defense strategy: talk as much as possible
- Next level EA: save the planet by killing the crypto space which is wasting energy
They precommit to others who are in on the take that 90% of the profit will go to the Cause, and then all that excess that was gonna be wasted on luxury or low-QALY retirement/dying years will instead go to places that generate more utils.
I wouldn't be shocked if a document (or, more likely, testimony in a trial) eventually turns up explicitly saying that.
(To be clear, I think the plan I have described is reprehensible, but that's because I'm not a utilitarian.)
“Worse than a crime, it’s a mistake”
Similarly, inside the utilitarian mode of reasoning, it's only a mistake if you get caught.