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before the Friendly AI problem has been solved.

That's like saying they aren't telling us how to make time travel because the grandfather paradox hasn't been solved.

They aren't withholding some unique secrets of the universe because we have unsolved problems... they are just slightly crazy people who can turn a phrase and pivoted that ability into an endless series of "grants" as to avoid needing to get real jobs contributing to GDP.

The output of their work is amusing, but just because someone runs around with veracity of purpose doesn't mean what they say is part of a ground truth reality.

Read it for enjoyment, but don't read it for belief.