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EA for dumb people?
Olivia Addy
Jul 11, 2022, 10:46 AM
500
points
160
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Leaning into EA Disillusionment
Helen
Jul 21, 2022, 5:06 PM
432
points
61
comments
13
min read
EA
link
Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis
JoelMcGuire
Jul 25, 2022, 8:26 PM
308
points
38
comments
11
min read
EA
link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)
My EA Failure Story
semicycle
Jul 11, 2022, 9:22 AM
302
points
32
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Senior EA ‘ops’ roles: if you want to undo the bottleneck, hire differently
AnonymousThrowAway
Jul 9, 2022, 10:47 AM
302
points
32
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Why EAs are skeptical about AI Safety
Lukas Trötzmüller🔸
Jul 18, 2022, 7:01 PM
293
points
31
comments
29
min read
EA
link
Future Fund June 2022 Update
Nick_Beckstead
Jul 1, 2022, 12:50 AM
279
points
24
comments
21
min read
EA
link
(ftxfuturefund.org)
Muslims for Effective Altruism
Ahmed Ghoor
Jul 27, 2022, 4:54 PM
239
points
18
comments
5
min read
EA
link
My Most Likely Reason to Die Young is AI X-Risk
AISafetyIsNotLongtermist
Jul 4, 2022, 3:34 PM
239
points
62
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover
Ajeya
Jul 18, 2022, 7:07 PM
217
points
12
comments
84
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
List of Lists of Concrete Biosecurity Project Ideas
Tessa A 🔸
Jul 16, 2022, 3:57 PM
215
points
6
comments
9
min read
EA
link
Reasons I’ve been hesitant about high levels of near-ish AI risk
elifland
Jul 22, 2022, 1:32 AM
211
points
16
comments
7
min read
EA
link
(www.foxy-scout.com)
The value of content density
Joey🔸
Jul 20, 2022, 3:34 PM
207
points
10
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Using the “executive summary” style: writing that respects your reader’s time
deep
Jul 22, 2022, 12:17 AM
204
points
12
comments
8
min read
EA
link
EA in the mainstream media: if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu
Jack Lewars
Jul 30, 2022, 4:55 PM
196
points
57
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Announcing Non-trivial, an EA learning platform for teenagers
Peter McIntyre
Jul 12, 2022, 1:19 PM
184
points
48
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Making Effective Altruism Enormous
Davidmanheim
Jul 24, 2022, 1:29 PM
172
points
37
comments
9
min read
EA
link
Legal Impact for Chickens files its first lawsuit! Costco shareholder derivative case
alene
Jul 7, 2022, 6:01 PM
165
points
16
comments
1
min read
EA
link
How EA is perceived is crucial to its future trajectory
Gidi Kadosh
Jul 23, 2022, 3:24 AM
164
points
22
comments
14
min read
EA
link
Announcing: the Prague Fall Season
IrenaK
Jul 29, 2022, 6:31 PM
163
points
10
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Reducing nightmares as a cause area
Drew Housman
Jul 18, 2022, 8:29 PM
162
points
45
comments
2
min read
EA
link
A philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Cause Prioritisation Framework
MichaelPlant
Jul 15, 2022, 8:21 AM
160
points
11
comments
29
min read
EA
link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)
Announcing: EA Engineers
Jessica Wen
Jul 4, 2022, 4:04 AM
159
points
25
comments
5
min read
EA
link
EA Shouldn’t Try to Exercise Direct Political Power
iamasockpuppet
Jul 21, 2022, 10:29 AM
156
points
31
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Emphasizing emotional altruism in effective altruism
michel
Jul 5, 2022, 7:47 PM
149
points
23
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Crypto markets, EA funding and optics
SaraAzubuike
Jul 14, 2022, 3:46 PM
144
points
24
comments
4
min read
EA
link
The most important climate change uncertainty
cwa
Jul 26, 2022, 3:15 PM
144
points
28
comments
13
min read
EA
link
An update on GiveWell’s funding projections
GiveWell
Jul 5, 2022, 9:56 PM
140
points
15
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(blog.givewell.org)
If you’re unhappy, consider leaving
Justis
Jul 20, 2022, 3:49 PM
140
points
13
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Changing the world through slack & hobbies
Steven Byrnes
Jul 21, 2022, 6:01 PM
130
points
10
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Passing Up Pay
Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Jul 13, 2022, 2:10 PM
129
points
25
comments
5
min read
EA
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Did OpenPhil ever publish their in-depth review of their three-year OpenAI grant?
Markus Amalthea Magnuson
Jul 4, 2022, 2:11 PM
128
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
On how various plans miss the hard bits of the alignment challenge
So8res
Jul 12, 2022, 5:35 AM
126
points
13
comments
29
min read
EA
link
Announcing the AI Safety Field Building Hub, a new effort to provide AISFB projects, mentorship, and funding
Vael Gates
Jul 28, 2022, 9:29 PM
126
points
6
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Wild animal welfare in the far future
saulius
Jul 8, 2022, 2:02 PM
123
points
11
comments
26
min read
EA
link
Why AGI Timeline Research/Discourse Might Be Overrated
Miles_Brundage
Jul 3, 2022, 8:04 AM
122
points
28
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Interesting vs. Important Work—A Place EA is Prioritizing Poorly
Davidmanheim
Jul 28, 2022, 10:08 AM
118
points
52
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Strategic Perspectives on Transformative AI Governance: Introduction
MMMaas
Jul 2, 2022, 11:20 AM
115
points
18
comments
4
min read
EA
link
[Question]
How would a language model become goal-directed?
David M
Jul 16, 2022, 2:50 PM
113
points
20
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Impact Markets: The Annoying Details
Scott Alexander
Jul 15, 2022, 5:34 AM
112
points
46
comments
26
min read
EA
link
Remuneration In Effective Altruism
Stefan_Schubert
Jul 25, 2022, 12:35 PM
112
points
11
comments
2
min read
EA
link
(stefanschubert.substack.com)
Rethink Priorities 2022 Mid-Year Update: Progress, Plans, Funding
Rethink Priorities
Jul 26, 2022, 2:33 PM
112
points
6
comments
8
min read
EA
link
[AMA] Announcing Open Phil’s University Group Organizer and Century Fellowships
abergal
Jul 29, 2022, 6:38 PM
111
points
22
comments
13
min read
EA
link
How moral progress happens: the decline of footbinding as a case study
rosehadshar
Jul 26, 2022, 9:18 AM
107
points
10
comments
13
min read
EA
link
Criticism of EA Criticism Contest
Zvi
14 Jul 2022 14:20 UTC
101
points
34
comments
31
min read
EA
link
Some advice the CEA groups team gives to new university group organizers
jessica_mccurdy🔸
29 Jul 2022 15:18 UTC
101
points
6
comments
8
min read
EA
link
EA’s Culture and Thinking are Severely Limiting its Impact
Peter Elam
26 Jul 2022 11:10 UTC
98
points
48
comments
22
min read
EA
link
Let’s stop saying ‘funding overhang’
Benjamin_Todd
10 Jul 2022 16:58 UTC
98
points
18
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Person-affecting intuitions can often be money pumped
Rohin Shah
7 Jul 2022 12:23 UTC
94
points
69
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Apply to the Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship!
lukeprog
15 Jul 2022 19:47 UTC
93
points
3
comments
5
min read
EA
link
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