These Effective Altruists Betrayed Me — Holly Elmore, PauseAI US Executive Director
These Effective Altruists Betrayed Me — Holly Elmore, PauseAI US Executive Director  
Podcast: Doom Debates
Published On: Tue Nov 11 2025
Description: Holly Elmore leads protests against frontier AI labs, and that work has strained some of her closest relationships in the AI-safety community.She says AI safety insiders care more about their reputation in tech circles than actually lowering AI x-risk. This is our full conversation from my “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” unofficial launch party livestream on Sept 16, 2025.Timestamps0:00 Intro1:06 Holly’s Background and The Current Activities of PauseAI US4:41 The Circular Firing Squad Problem of AI Safety7:23 Why the AI Safety Community Resists Public Advocacy11:37 Breaking with Former Allies at AI Labs13:00 LessWrong’s reaction to Eliezer’s public turnShow NotesPauseAI US — https://pauseai-us.orgInternational PauseAI — https://pauseai.infoHolly’s Twitter — https://x.com/ilex_ulmusHolly’s Substack: https://substack.com/@hollyelmoreHolly’s post covering how AI isn’t another “technology”: https://hollyelmore.substack.com/p/the-technology-bucket-errorRelated EpisodesHolly and I dive into the rationalist community’s failure to rally behind a cause: https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/lesswrong-circular-firing-squadThe full IABED livestream: https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/if-anyone-builds-it-everyone-dies-party Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe