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Conditional interests, asymmetries and EA priorities

MichaelStJulesOct 21, 2019, 6:13 AM

22 points

23 comments8 min readEA link

Review of Climate Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

mchr3kOct 20, 2019, 8:39 PM

36 points

17 comments15 min readEA link

Summary of Stuart Russell’s new book, “Human Compatible”

Rohin ShahOct 19, 2019, 7:56 PM

33 points

1 comment15 min readEA link

(www.alignmentforum.org)

[Question] How can I hire an EA research assistant?

Jess Kinchen SmithOct 19, 2019, 4:16 PM

8 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are the best arguments for an exclusively hedonistic view of value?

MichaelStJulesOct 19, 2019, 4:11 AM

6 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

How this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics influenced GiveWell’s work

PabloOct 19, 2019, 2:56 AM

22 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(blog.givewell.org)

The Germy Paradox – Filters: A taboo

eukaryoteOct 19, 2019, 12:14 AM

17 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

What is wild animal suffering?

Animal_EthicsOct 19, 2019, 12:01 AM

19 points

6 comments7 min readEA link

Katherine Savoie: How to start an effective charity

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Luisa Rodriguez: The likelihood and severity of a US-Russia nuclear exchange

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Will MacAskill: Fireside chat (2019)

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Will Bradshaw: Biological aging — a new approach to measuring animal welfare

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

David Coman-Hidy: Taking care of our people — cultivating a supportive organizational culture

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jesse Clifton: Open-source learning — a bargaining approach

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jeff Sebo: A utilitarian case for animal rights

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

26 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jacob Cates and Aron Mill: Scaling industrial food production in nuclear winter

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jeffrey Ding: Re-deciphering China’s AI dream

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Technical AGI safety research outside AI

richard_ngoOct 18, 2019, 3:02 PM

91 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

Stefan Torges: Ingredients for building disruptive research teams

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 8:23 AM

8 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Ross Gruetzemacher: Defining and unpacking transformative AI

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 8:22 AM

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Christian Tarsney: Can we predictably improve the far future?

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 7:40 AM

15 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Problems in effective altruism and what to do about them

utilitarian01Oct 17, 2019, 4:07 PM

8 points

24 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Ineffective Altruism: Are there ideologies which generally cause there adherents to have worse impacts?

Nathan YoungOct 17, 2019, 9:24 AM

1 point

6 comments1 min readEA link

The evolutionary argument against cognitive enhancement research is weak

JanBOct 16, 2019, 8:46 PM

17 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nickbostrom.com)

Introducing Foretold.io: A New Open-Source Prediction Registry

Ozzie GooenOct 16, 2019, 2:47 PM

48 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] Who should I put a funder of a $100m fund in touch with?

Nathan YoungOct 16, 2019, 10:22 AM

6 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] EA global tips. What helped you get the most out of it?

Nathan YoungOct 16, 2019, 10:21 AM

17 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Altruistic equity allocation

Paul_ChristianoOct 16, 2019, 5:54 AM

85 points

5 comments7 min readEA link

[Link] “One year of Future Perfect” (Vox)

Milan GriffesOct 15, 2019, 6:12 PM

24 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

How we think about the Forum

JP Addison🔸Oct 15, 2019, 4:24 PM

24 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Effective Altruism and International Trade

brb243Oct 15, 2019, 3:21 AM

38 points

77 comments5 min readEA link

Resource Generation: Inheriting-to-give, for systemic change

jasonkOct 15, 2019, 2:43 AM

16 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

TAISU 2019 Field Report

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 15, 2019, 1:10 AM

19 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Understanding and evaluating EA’s cause prioritisation methodology

MichaelPlantOct 14, 2019, 7:55 PM

39 points

2 comments19 min readEA link

Who runs the Forum?

JP Addison🔸Oct 14, 2019, 3:35 PM

42 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Making Donating Fun

DBOct 14, 2019, 8:04 AM

14 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Remote local group leaders?

Denkenberger🔸Oct 13, 2019, 9:43 PM

27 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

The Future of Earning to Give

PeterMcCluskeyOct 13, 2019, 9:28 PM

70 points

34 comments10 min readEA link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Defending the Procreation Asymmetry with Conditional Interests

MichaelStJulesOct 13, 2019, 6:49 PM

34 points

13 comments4 min readEA link

[Link] “Machine Learning Projects for IDA” (Ought)

Milan GriffesOct 12, 2019, 5:35 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

A Path Forward this Century

WyattTessariOct 12, 2019, 4:43 PM

22 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] “State of the Qualia” (QRI)

Milan GriffesOct 11, 2019, 9:14 PM

22 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

X-risk dollars → Andrew Yang?

Michael_CohenOct 11, 2019, 9:10 PM

9 points

57 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] “How feasible is long-range forecasting?” (Open Phil)

Milan GriffesOct 11, 2019, 9:01 PM

42 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Reality is often underpowered

Gregory Lewis🔸Oct 10, 2019, 1:14 PM

234 points

17 comments5 min readEA link

Shapley values: Better than counterfactuals

NunoSempereOct 10, 2019, 10:26 AM

157 points

59 comments15 min readEA link

EA Organization Updates: September 2019

Aaron Gertler 🔸Oct 10, 2019, 10:05 AM

33 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Long Term Future Fund application is closing this Friday (October 11th)

Habryka [Deactivated]Oct 10, 2019, 12:43 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

[Question] What analysis has been done of space colonization as a cause area?

Eli RoseOct 9, 2019, 8:33 PM

14 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain

arikrOct 9, 2019, 7:08 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

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