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Future Matters #1: AI takeoff, longtermism vs. existential risk, and probability discounting
Pablo
Apr 23, 2022, 11:32 PM
57
points
2
comments
15
min read
EA
link
EAGxAustralia 2022
Rowan Clements 🔸
Apr 23, 2022, 10:22 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Cost-effectiveness of donating a kidney
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 23, 2022, 9:50 PM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Calling for Student Submissions: AI Safety Distillation Contest
a_e_r
Apr 23, 2022, 8:24 PM
102
points
28
comments
3
min read
EA
link
My GWWC donations: Switching from long- to near-termist opportunities?
Tom Gardiner 🔸
Apr 23, 2022, 5:22 PM
109
points
19
comments
2
min read
EA
link
EAG is over, but don’t delete Swapcard
Rockwell
Apr 23, 2022, 4:45 PM
55
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
I burnt out at EAG. Let’s talk about it.
Alastair Fraser-Urquhart
Apr 23, 2022, 12:25 PM
120
points
33
comments
4
min read
EA
link
[Question]
Will EAIF and LTFF publish its reports of recent grants?
throwaway129103
Apr 23, 2022, 12:24 PM
46
points
8
comments
1
min read
EA
link
[Question]
Tools/methods for finding most pivotal unjournal-worthy research
david_reinstein
Apr 23, 2022, 1:10 AM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
Replicating and extending the grabby aliens model
Tristan Cook
Apr 23, 2022, 12:36 AM
137
points
27
comments
51
min read
EA
link
Improve/promote a post in situ.
david_reinstein
Apr 22, 2022, 10:03 PM
32
points
4
comments
2
min read
EA
link
[Question]
What is the cost-effectiveness of GiveWell’s top life-saving charities under total utilitarianism?
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 22, 2022, 5:22 PM
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Animal Welfare: investor/company theory of change | FAIRR as organisation working in this area, jobs
Ben Yeoh
Apr 22, 2022, 2:27 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Summary: The Value of Giving Money to Different Groups | Toby Ord
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 22, 2022, 10:33 AM
23
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Summary: The Importance of End-of-Life Welfare | Browning & Veit
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 22, 2022, 10:19 AM
7
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Civilizational vulnerabilities
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 22, 2022, 9:37 AM
7
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Most effective way to make a UN-based website?
Benjamin Start
Apr 22, 2022, 7:00 AM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Project: A web platform for crowdsourcing impact estimates of interventions.
Max Clarke
Apr 22, 2022, 6:54 AM
41
points
18
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Editing Advice for EA Forum Users
Justis
Apr 22, 2022, 2:45 AM
107
points
7
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Round 1 winners of the community-builder writing contest
Akash
Apr 22, 2022, 12:36 AM
21
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Is the reasoning of the Repugnant Conclusion valid?
Adithya
Apr 21, 2022, 11:33 PM
3
points
16
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Fuck Your Miracle Year
rogersbacon1
Apr 21, 2022, 9:00 PM
−3
points
2
comments
8
min read
EA
link
(rogersbacon.substack.com)
My experience with imposter syndrome — and how to (partly) overcome it
Luisa_Rodriguez
Apr 21, 2022, 7:55 PM
289
points
20
comments
23
min read
EA
link
Valuing Leisure Time
Richard Bruns
Apr 21, 2022, 4:17 PM
26
points
5
comments
9
min read
EA
link
[Question]
Is the EA Librarian still a thing? If so, what is the current turnaround?
Jeremy
Apr 21, 2022, 4:03 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism Isn’t on TV.
ColdButtonIssues
Apr 21, 2022, 2:06 PM
17
points
6
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Effective Self-Help is looking for feedback
Ben Williamson
Apr 21, 2022, 1:08 PM
22
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
How much current animal suffering does longtermism let us ignore?
Jacob Eliosoff
Apr 21, 2022, 9:10 AM
40
points
50
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Ethical Awesomeness
Antoine de Scorraille ⏸️
Apr 20, 2022, 11:17 PM
−1
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
[Question]
Resources for better understanding aptitudes?
Miranda_Zhang
Apr 20, 2022, 3:39 PM
18
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Longtermist EA needs more Phase 2 work
Owen Cotton-Barratt
Apr 20, 2022, 2:42 PM
241
points
34
comments
5
min read
EA
link
What do we want the world to look like in 10 years?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
Apr 20, 2022, 2:34 PM
126
points
3
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Neil Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative
GiveWell
Apr 20, 2022, 2:23 PM
57
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(blog.givewell.org)
Help with the Forum; wiki editing, giving feedback, moderation, and more
Lizka
Apr 20, 2022, 12:58 PM
88
points
6
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Market Design Meets Effective Altruism
Marshall
Apr 19, 2022, 9:39 PM
26
points
6
comments
5
min read
EA
link
[Question]
What are the numbers in mind for the super-short AGI timelines so many long-termists are alarmed about?
Evan_Gaensbauer
Apr 19, 2022, 9:09 PM
41
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
“Pivotal Act” Intentions: Negative Consequences and Fallacious Arguments
Andrew Critch
Apr 19, 2022, 8:24 PM
80
points
10
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Should you do an economics PhD (or master’s)?
david_reinstein
Apr 19, 2022, 8:04 PM
62
points
15
comments
17
min read
EA
link
Chaining Retroactive Funders to Borrow Against Unlikely Utopias
Dawn Drescher
Apr 19, 2022, 6:25 PM
24
points
4
comments
9
min read
EA
link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)
Next Generation Biosecurity—Summary of Course by University of Bath
Madhav Malhotra
Apr 19, 2022, 4:14 PM
27
points
0
comments
9
min read
EA
link
Can we agree on a better name than ‘near-termist’? “Not-longermist”? “Not-full-longtermist”?
david_reinstein
Apr 19, 2022, 4:09 PM
75
points
44
comments
2
min read
EA
link
How Many People Are In The Invisible Graveyard?
Maxwell Tabarrok
Apr 19, 2022, 2:03 PM
47
points
3
comments
14
min read
EA
link
The accidental experiment that saved 700 lives (IRS & health insurance)
Lizka
Apr 19, 2022, 1:28 PM
42
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
The number of seabirds and sea mammals killed by marine plastic pollution is quite small relative to the catch of fish
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 19, 2022, 11:22 AM
92
points
22
comments
2
min read
EA
link
[Question]
What makes a statement a normative statement?
Vynn
Apr 19, 2022, 8:41 AM
2
points
17
comments
EA
link
[Closed] Hiring a mathematician to work on the learning-theoretic AI alignment agenda
Vanessa
Apr 19, 2022, 6:49 AM
53
points
4
comments
2
min read
EA
link
LW4EA: How Much is Your Time Worth?
Jeremy
Apr 19, 2022, 2:03 AM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
[Question]
Corporate governance reform efforts?
samstowers
Apr 18, 2022, 6:09 PM
9
points
10
comments
1
min read
EA
link
[Question]
Will FTX Fund publish results from their first round?
barkbellowroar
Apr 18, 2022, 1:31 PM
64
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
My notes on: Why we can’t take expected value estimates literally (even when they’re unbiased)
Vasco Grilo🔸
Apr 18, 2022, 1:10 PM
15
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
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