Fore­cast­ing Trans­for­ma­tive AI: What Kind of AI?

Holden Karnofsky10 Aug 2021 21:38 UTC
62 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

Some longter­mist fiction

Ben10 Aug 2021 10:59 UTC
30 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Out­line of Galef’s “Scout Mind­set”

RobBensinger10 Aug 2021 0:18 UTC
96 points
9 comments14 min readEA link

New Global Pri­ori­ties In­sti­tute work­ing pa­pers—and an up­dated ver­sion of “The case for strong longter­mism”

Global Priorities Institute9 Aug 2021 16:57 UTC
46 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Shar­ing read­er­ship data with Fo­rum authors

Aaron Gertler 🔸9 Aug 2021 10:47 UTC
95 points
14 comments4 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Ban­ner high­light­ing valuable EA resources

Jonathan Mustin9 Aug 2021 10:38 UTC
8 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Im­prov­ing tag notifications

Ben_West🔸9 Aug 2021 10:23 UTC
20 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Ad­ding pro­file pic­tures to the Forum

JP Addison🔸9 Aug 2021 10:11 UTC
20 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: We or­ga­nize EA Any­where. Ask Us Any­thing!

Marisa8 Aug 2021 23:30 UTC
23 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

EA Any­where: A Year in Review

Marisa8 Aug 2021 23:30 UTC
43 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

There are trans­par­ent mon­sters in the world—part 1

Writer8 Aug 2021 19:46 UTC
17 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

How are re­sources in EA al­lo­cated across is­sues?

Benjamin_Todd8 Aug 2021 12:52 UTC
131 points
27 comments9 min readEA link

Towards a Weaker Longtermism

Davidmanheim8 Aug 2021 8:31 UTC
106 points
72 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are some effec­tive/​im­pact­ful char­i­ties in the do­main of hu­man rights and anti-au­thor­i­tar­i­anism?

mbb298283828 Aug 2021 6:49 UTC
22 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is the Im­pact page on effec­tivealtru­ism.org dou­ble count­ing?

finback8 Aug 2021 6:49 UTC
34 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What things did you do to gain ex­pe­rience re­lated to EA?

Nathan Young7 Aug 2021 18:54 UTC
8 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Eco­nomic policy in poor countries

John G. Halstead7 Aug 2021 15:16 UTC
108 points
26 comments2 min readEA link

Most re­search/​ad­vo­cacy char­i­ties are not scalable

Kirsten7 Aug 2021 11:26 UTC
116 points
48 comments2 min readEA link

What 2026 looks like (Daniel’s me­dian fu­ture)

kokotajlod7 Aug 2021 5:14 UTC
38 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] Who be­come an Effec­tive Altru­ist?

SeanDoubleYouS7 Aug 2021 1:46 UTC
3 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is any­one in EA cur­rently look­ing at short-term famine alle­vi­a­tion as a pos­si­ble high-im­pact op­por­tu­nity this year?

Ben_Harack6 Aug 2021 22:14 UTC
14 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Writ­ing about my job: Web Developer

mrk6 Aug 2021 17:09 UTC
22 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for Au­gust 2021

DavidNash6 Aug 2021 13:21 UTC
21 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What EA pro­jects could grow to be­come megapro­jects, even­tu­ally spend­ing $100m per year?

Nathan Young6 Aug 2021 11:24 UTC
131 points
173 comments1 min readEA link

Phil Tor­res’ ar­ti­cle: “The Danger­ous Ideas of ‘Longter­mism’ and ‘Ex­is­ten­tial Risk’”

Ben_Eisenpress6 Aug 2021 7:19 UTC
6 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Eng­ineer­ing the Apoca­lypse: Rob Reid and Sam Har­ris on en­g­ineered pan­demics (tran­script)

Aaron Gertler 🔸6 Aug 2021 3:31 UTC
33 points
1 comment120 min readEA link

Sur­vey-Pro­posal: Cause-Area Switching

QubitSwarm996 Aug 2021 2:23 UTC
18 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Virtues for Real-World Utilitarians

Stefan_Schubert5 Aug 2021 22:56 UTC
152 points
7 comments1 min readEA link
(psyarxiv.com)

[Question] How to Train Bet­ter EAs?

Davis_Kingsley5 Aug 2021 11:12 UTC
30 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

An en­g­ineer’s ap­proach to per­sonal fi­nance for effec­tive altruists

SamNolan5 Aug 2021 8:16 UTC
16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

PhD Schol­ar­ships for EA pro­jects in psy­chol­ogy, health, IIDM, or education

Michael Noetel 🔸5 Aug 2021 6:49 UTC
37 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How do you de­cide how much to donate in “user fees” for free ser­vices?

Cameron Meyer Shorb 🔸5 Aug 2021 5:29 UTC
26 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the role of pub­lic dis­cus­sion for hits-based Open Philan­thropy causes?

AppliedDivinityStudies4 Aug 2021 20:15 UTC
69 points
11 comments3 min readEA link

The Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund grant ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til Au­gust 23rd ($8m-$12m planned for dis­per­sal)

Larks4 Aug 2021 19:00 UTC
21 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Chris Olah on what the hell is go­ing on in­side neu­ral networks

80000_Hours4 Aug 2021 15:13 UTC
5 points
0 comments133 min readEA link

Mush­room Thoughts on Ex­is­ten­tial Risk. No Magic.

CarlaZoeC4 Aug 2021 8:47 UTC
33 points
15 comments9 min readEA link

Con­tri­bu­tion-Ad­justed Utility Max­i­miza­tion Funds: An Early Proposal

Ozzie Gooen3 Aug 2021 23:01 UTC
14 points
4 comments12 min readEA link

This Can’t Go On

Holden Karnofsky3 Aug 2021 15:53 UTC
129 points
35 comments10 min readEA link

The Cry­on­ics re­duc­tio against pure time prefer­ence: a rhetor­i­cal low-hang­ing fruit—or “Do we dis­count the fu­ture only be­cause we won’t live in it?”

Ramiro3 Aug 2021 15:06 UTC
9 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

Im­pact Cer­tifi­cates on a Blockchain

RowanBDonovan3 Aug 2021 14:57 UTC
44 points
31 comments21 min readEA link

Please Wel­come and Con­grat­u­late Our In­com­ing UC Berkeley EA Chap­ter President

Mahendra Prasad3 Aug 2021 7:32 UTC
−3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

How Do AI Timelines Affect Giv­ing Now vs. Later?

MichaelDickens3 Aug 2021 3:36 UTC
36 points
8 comments8 min readEA link

Recom­mended Char­ity Fund: Six-Month Update

Animal Charity Evaluators2 Aug 2021 23:57 UTC
10 points
0 comments13 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

(Video) How to be a less crappy person

cryptopsyfan694202 Aug 2021 19:32 UTC
5 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Per­spec­tives on an­i­mal ad­vo­cacy in China

Animal_Ethics2 Aug 2021 18:05 UTC
26 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

[Question] Ques­tions on “hu­mane” farms

JaimeRV2 Aug 2021 14:29 UTC
7 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Give in Public Beta is live

Laurin2 Aug 2021 14:07 UTC
16 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Bet­ting on the best case: higher end warm­ing is un­der­rep­re­sented in research

FJehn2 Aug 2021 12:18 UTC
62 points
17 comments11 min readEA link

Open Thread: Au­gust 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸2 Aug 2021 10:04 UTC
12 points
27 comments1 min readEA link

Depart­ment Voting

Bob Jacobs 🔸2 Aug 2021 9:42 UTC
12 points
2 comments8 min readEA link