[Question] Why hasn’t EA found agree­ment on pa­tient and ur­gent longter­mism yet?

Simon SkadeNov 29, 2021, 9:52 PM
6 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

Med­i­ta­tions on Caring

Max GörlitzNov 29, 2021, 7:12 PM
37 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

The 2021 EA Funds Donor Lot­tery is now open

SamDeereNov 29, 2021, 7:08 PM
37 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates: Novem­ber 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Nov 29, 2021, 5:53 PM
27 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

Soares, Tal­linn, and Yud­kowsky dis­cuss AGI cognition

EliezerYudkowskyNov 29, 2021, 5:28 PM
15 points
0 comments40 min readEA link

Dona­tions tripled to GiveDirectly through 12/​5 (crypto gifts only)

jared_mNov 29, 2021, 4:44 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

AI Gover­nance Course—Cur­ricu­lum and Application

MauNov 29, 2021, 1:29 PM
94 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for De­cem­ber 2021

DavidNashNov 29, 2021, 12:08 PM
32 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

A case for the effec­tive­ness of protest

JamesÖz 🔸Nov 29, 2021, 11:50 AM
123 points
27 comments67 min readEA link

Six les­sons learned from our first year—An­i­mal Ask

Animal AskNov 29, 2021, 11:24 AM
58 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] How would you define “ex­is­ten­tial risk?”

LinchNov 29, 2021, 5:17 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

I’m Offer­ing Free Coach­ing for Early/​Mid-Ca­reer Soft­ware Engineers

jeffreyyunNov 29, 2021, 4:52 AM
43 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Red­wood Re­search is hiring for sev­eral roles

Jack RNov 29, 2021, 12:18 AM
75 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Com­pute Re­search Ques­tions and Met­rics—Trans­for­ma­tive AI and Com­pute [4/​4]

lennartNov 28, 2021, 10:18 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

An­throp­ics and the Univer­sal Distribution

Joe_CarlsmithNov 28, 2021, 8:46 PM
18 points
0 comments46 min readEA link

Wikipe­dia edit­ing is im­por­tant, tractable, and neglected

imp4rtial 🔸Nov 28, 2021, 3:47 PM
201 points
43 comments17 min readEA link

The Ter­minol­ogy of Ar­tifi­cial Sentience

Janet PauketatNov 28, 2021, 7:52 AM
29 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] How many EA 2021 $s would you trade off against a 0.01% chance of ex­is­ten­tial catas­tro­phe?

LinchNov 27, 2021, 11:46 PM
55 points
87 comments1 min readEA link

Sub­mit com­ments on Paxlovid to the FDA (dead­line Nov 29th).

DirectedEvolutionNov 27, 2021, 7:30 PM
31 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

The Ex­plana­tory Ob­sta­cle of EA

Gidi KadoshNov 27, 2021, 2:20 PM
191 points
27 comments14 min readEA link

How should Effec­tive Altru­ists think about Leftist Ethics?

AppliedDivinityStudiesNov 27, 2021, 1:25 PM
82 points
20 comments4 min readEA link

His­to­rian and best­sel­ling au­thor Rut­ger Breg­man ex­plains why he took the pledge

Keyboard_catNov 26, 2021, 8:17 PM
55 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

FEM’s Re­search: What we learned about our au­di­ence and how best to reach them

Anna_ChristinaNov 26, 2021, 6:55 PM
61 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

Notes on the risks and benefits of kid­ney dona­tion

Derek ShillerNov 26, 2021, 3:02 PM
41 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Sen­tience In­sti­tute 2021 End of Year Summary

AliNov 26, 2021, 2:40 PM
66 points
5 comments6 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] Should I go straight into EA com­mu­nity-build­ing af­ter grad­u­a­tion or do soft­ware en­g­ineer­ing first?

SentientBunny11Nov 26, 2021, 4:49 AM
24 points
15 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Is it no longer hard to get a di­rect work job?

micNov 25, 2021, 10:03 PM
38 points
19 comments3 min readEA link

Why You Should Con­sider Skil­led Volunteering

SofiaBaldersonNov 25, 2021, 9:37 PM
75 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

Path­ways to im­pact for fore­cast­ing and evaluation

NunoSempereNov 25, 2021, 5:59 PM
29 points
16 comments2 min readEA link

Chris­ti­ano, Co­tra, and Yud­kowsky on AI progress

AjeyaNov 25, 2021, 4:30 PM
18 points
6 comments68 min readEA link

[Question] What ad­vice would you give to an EA org that’s hiring?

Nathan YoungNov 25, 2021, 3:28 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Devel­op­ers: 1 Month Update

Yonatan CaleNov 25, 2021, 2:52 PM
43 points
16 comments5 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing my retirement

Aaron Gertler 🔸Nov 25, 2021, 1:55 PM
379 points
29 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What Small Weird Thing Do You Fund?

Yonatan CaleNov 25, 2021, 11:15 AM
58 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

Giv­ing Green—Up­dates on US cli­mate policy recommendations

Kim HuynhNov 25, 2021, 1:36 AM
24 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

HIRING: In­form and shape a new pro­ject on AI safety at Part­ner­ship on AI

Madhulika SrikumarNov 24, 2021, 4:29 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

A Red-Team Against the Im­pact of Small Donations

AppliedDivinityStudiesNov 24, 2021, 4:03 PM
182 points
53 comments8 min readEA link

Effek­tiv Spen­den—Fundraiser and 2022 plans!

Sebastian SchwieckerNov 24, 2021, 3:51 PM
59 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Don’t wait – there’s plenty more need and op­por­tu­nity today

GiveDirectlyNov 24, 2021, 2:56 PM
45 points
15 comments5 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing our 2021 char­ity recommendations

Animal Charity EvaluatorsNov 24, 2021, 2:53 PM
9 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

De­cem­ber 2021 monthly meme post

Nathan YoungNov 24, 2021, 2:13 PM
14 points
38 comments1 min readEA link

Take­aways from our in­ter­views of Span­ish Civil Pro­tec­tion servants

Jaime SevillaNov 24, 2021, 9:12 AM
37 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Our recom­men­da­tions for giv­ing in 2021

GiveWellNov 24, 2021, 2:24 AM
14 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

We aim to cost-effec­tively di­rect around $1 billion an­nu­ally by 2025

GiveWellNov 24, 2021, 1:45 AM
16 points
0 comments10 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

AI Safety Needs Great Engineers

Andy JonesNov 23, 2021, 9:03 PM
98 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

Min­i­mal-trust investigations

Holden KarnofskyNov 23, 2021, 6:02 PM
163 points
10 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] What is most con­fus­ing to you about AI stuff?

Sam ClarkeNov 23, 2021, 4:00 PM
25 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

De­spite billions of ex­tra fund­ing, small donors can still have a sig­nifi­cant impact

Benjamin_ToddNov 23, 2021, 11:20 AM
166 points
48 comments12 min readEA link

Ob­sidian for re­search & learn­ing—quick guide

alexanderklargeNov 23, 2021, 11:06 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Slightly ad­vanced de­ci­sion the­ory 102: Four rea­sons not to be a (naive) util­ity maximizer

kirchner.janNov 23, 2021, 10:47 AM
16 points
5 comments14 min readEA link
(universalprior.substack.com)