Get­ting started in­de­pen­dently in AI Safety

JJ HepburnJul 6, 2021, 3:20 PM
41 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

[Fu­ture Perfect] How to be a good ancestor

PabloJul 2, 2021, 1:17 PM
41 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

In­breed­ing and global health & development

pafnutyJul 11, 2021, 6:32 AM
40 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Does Mo­ral Philos­o­phy Drive Mo­ral Progress?

AppliedDivinityStudiesJul 2, 2021, 9:22 PM
39 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

AMA: The new Open Philan­thropy Tech­nol­ogy Policy Fellowship

lukeprogJul 26, 2021, 3:11 PM
38 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for July 2021

DavidNashJul 2, 2021, 2:39 PM
37 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

EA cause ar­eas are just ar­eas where great in­ter­ven­tions should be eas­ier to find

freedomandutilityJul 17, 2021, 12:16 PM
37 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

You are al­lowed to edit Wikipedia

ChristianKleineidamJul 5, 2021, 9:57 AM
35 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Types of speci­fi­ca­tion prob­lems in forecasting

Juan GilJul 20, 2021, 4:17 AM
35 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

[3-hour pod­cast]: Joseph Car­l­smith on longter­mism, utopia, the com­pu­ta­tional power of the brain, meta-ethics, illu­sion­ism and meditation

Gus DockerJul 27, 2021, 1:18 PM
34 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Tay­lor Swift’s “long story short” Is Ac­tu­ally About Effec­tive Altru­ism and Longter­mism (PARODY)

shepardspieJul 23, 2021, 1:25 PM
34 points
12 comments7 min readEA link

There will now be EA Vir­tual Pro­grams ev­ery month!

Yi-YangJul 17, 2021, 4:35 AM
34 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

Our think­ing on our recom­men­da­tion of Wild An­i­mal Initiative

Animal Charity EvaluatorsJul 26, 2021, 10:08 AM
32 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

Com­mu­ni­cate your epistemic sta­tus shifts

Stijn Bruers 🔸Jul 14, 2021, 2:07 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

80,000 Hours is look­ing for a copy editor

Sofia_FogelJul 26, 2021, 2:10 PM
31 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis is hiring for the Head of Coaching

DavidJankuJul 30, 2021, 5:03 PM
30 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Re­v­erse-Eng­ineer­ing the Philan­thropic Dis­count Rate

MichaelDickensJul 9, 2021, 6:32 PM
30 points
0 comments19 min readEA link

A Sim­ple Model of AGI De­ploy­ment Risk

djbinderJul 9, 2021, 9:44 AM
30 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: June 2021

NunoSempereJul 1, 2021, 8:59 PM
29 points
0 comments14 min readEA link

Should EA have a ca­reer-fo­cused “Do the most good” pledge?

BrianTanJul 20, 2021, 1:47 PM
28 points
18 comments6 min readEA link

Digi­tal Peo­ple FAQ

Holden KarnofskyJul 27, 2021, 5:19 PM
28 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

Em­per­ors, Witches & Vege­tar­i­ans: Guilt & Virtue Aggression

Ben EvansJul 8, 2021, 4:05 PM
27 points
0 comments19 min readEA link

CEA Up­date: Q2 2021

MaxDaltonJul 29, 2021, 9:14 AM
27 points
5 comments14 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

EA Fo­rum Prize: Win­ners for April 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 29, 2021, 1:12 AM
26 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Wild An­i­mal Ini­ti­a­tive is launch­ing a re­search fund

Wild_Animal_InitiativeJul 9, 2021, 9:45 PM
26 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.wildanimalinitiative.org)

Effec­tive Altru­ism Polls: A re­source that exists

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 10, 2021, 6:15 AM
25 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

EA for Jews—Up­date and call for volunteers

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Jul 23, 2021, 4:08 PM
25 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Build­ing my Scout Mind­set: #1

Miranda_ZhangJul 16, 2021, 6:55 PM
25 points
10 comments7 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Lu­cia Coulter: Lead Ex­po­sure, Effec­tive Altru­ism, Progress in Malawi

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Jul 3, 2021, 2:32 PM
25 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Nar­ra­tion: We are in triage ev­ery sec­ond of ev­ery day

D0TheMathJul 23, 2021, 8:59 PM
24 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(anchor.fm)

[Question] What would you ask a poli­cy­maker about ex­is­ten­tial risks?

James Nicholas BryantJul 6, 2021, 11:53 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Do in­co­her­ent en­tities have stronger rea­son to be­come more co­her­ent than less?

Katja_GraceJul 4, 2021, 10:56 AM
24 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity & The Meth­ods of Ethics: A dis­cus­sion of Bostrom, Sidg­wick and Scheffler (Thurs­day 22 July, 6:30pm UK)

peterhartreeJul 18, 2021, 6:58 PM
23 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Nar­ra­tion: Re­duc­ing long-term risks from malev­olent actors

D0TheMathJul 15, 2021, 4:26 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(anchor.fm)

The Multi-Class Op­ti­mizer’s Curse

FeelingSentientJul 4, 2021, 12:04 PM
23 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Books and lec­ture se­ries rele­vant to AI gov­er­nance?

MichaelA🔸Jul 18, 2021, 3:54 PM
22 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Tom Moynihan on why prior gen­er­a­tions missed some of the biggest pri­ori­ties of all

80000_HoursJul 29, 2021, 4:38 PM
20 points
0 comments156 min readEA link

Con­sumer ac­cep­tance of al­ter­na­tive pro­teins: A sum­mary of Red to Green Sea­son 3

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Jul 6, 2021, 10:44 PM
20 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Ca­reer ad­vice for Aus­tralian sci­ence un­der­grad in­ter­ested in welfare biology

ripbennyharveyJul 21, 2021, 5:53 AM
20 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Me­tac­u­lus Ques­tions Suggest Money Will Do More Good in the Future

MichaelDickensJul 22, 2021, 1:56 AM
20 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

A Se­quence Against Strong Longter­mism

vadmasJul 22, 2021, 8:07 PM
20 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

Build­ing my Scout Mind­set: Introduction

Miranda_ZhangJul 16, 2021, 6:15 PM
19 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Job Post­ing] Oper­a­tions Gen­er­al­ist at Farmed An­i­mal Fun­ders

kierangreig🔸Jul 27, 2021, 2:47 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Max Roser on build­ing the world’s first great source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data

80000_HoursJul 29, 2021, 4:37 PM
19 points
1 comment101 min readEA link

Test­ing New­port’s “Digi­tal Min­i­mal­ism” at CEEALAR

Kurt BrownJul 25, 2021, 8:30 AM
19 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

Part 2: The ad­van­tages of agencies

ArepoJul 25, 2021, 1:04 PM
19 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

Pitch­ing EA to some­one who be­lieves cer­tain goods can’t be as­signed a value

Nick CorvinoJul 21, 2021, 8:05 PM
18 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

A frame­work for self-determination

kbogJul 21, 2021, 11:33 AM
18 points
0 comments45 min readEA link

[Question] What are the long term con­se­quences of poverty alle­vi­a­tion?

Mati_RoyJul 12, 2021, 6:14 PM
18 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Re­search into peo­ple’s will­ing­ness to change cause *ar­eas*?

Davis_KingsleyJul 24, 2021, 1:27 PM
18 points
14 comments1 min readEA link