A conservative research and advocacy group that investigates liberal nonprofits, donors and activists. It publishes findings used to challenge their influence and argues for free markets and limited government.
The piece: “Father of AI-doomer ideology Effective Altruism backed bestiality, said newborn baby worth less than a hog”
Both of the Post’s critics come from CRC.
The article relies on Scott Walter and Parker Thayer for its criticism of Singer, effective altruism and AI-safety advocates. Singer’s reply comes near the end.
Their shared employer doesn’t make either of them wrong. It does mean both of the story’s main critics speak from one organization.
Three days earlier, CRC had already raised the competition argument.
A description of its Who Funds That? podcast featuring Thayer asks whether AI-safety warnings serve a strategy to keep competitors out. The Post article, dated September 25, quotes a similar concern.
That’s CRC’s public argument, on the record. It doesn’t show a private arrangement with the newspaper, and it doesn’t prove the motives it alleges.