When Utili­tar­i­anism is Ac­tu­ally ✨Fun✨

HmashJul 16, 2022, 11:25 PM
63 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

Bayes’ rule: Guide

EA HandbookJul 16, 2022, 11:00 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(arbital.com)

Retroac­tive fund­ing with sub­sidy markets

Donald HobsonJul 16, 2022, 7:41 PM
16 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Does the idea of AGI that benev­olently con­trol us ap­peal to EA folks?

Noah ScalesJul 16, 2022, 7:17 PM
6 points
20 comments1 min readEA link

Red team­ing a model for es­ti­mat­ing the value of longter­mist in­ter­ven­tions—A cri­tique of Tarsney’s “The Epistemic Challenge to Longter­mism”

AFJul 16, 2022, 7:05 PM
21 points
0 comments30 min readEA link

De­sire the­o­ries of welfare and non­hu­man animals

Michael St Jules 🔸Jul 16, 2022, 6:52 PM
20 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

Why did I mi­s­un­der­stand util­i­tar­i­anism so badly?

Eleni_AJul 16, 2022, 4:36 PM
18 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

List of Lists of Con­crete Biose­cu­rity Pro­ject Ideas

Tessa A 🔸Jul 16, 2022, 3:57 PM
215 points
6 comments9 min readEA link

Con­fused about “mak­ing peo­ple happy” vs. “mak­ing happy peo­ple”

tobiasleenaertJul 16, 2022, 3:07 PM
69 points
47 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How would a lan­guage model be­come goal-di­rected?

David MJul 16, 2022, 2:50 PM
113 points
20 comments1 min readEA link

Es­ti­mat­ing the cost-effec­tive­ness of sci­en­tific research

Falk LiederJul 16, 2022, 12:20 PM
36 points
5 comments17 min readEA link

[Question] What is the jour­ney to car­ing more about 1) oth­ers and 2) what is re­ally true even if it is in­con­ve­nient?

SophiaJul 16, 2022, 11:31 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes: Pub­lish­ing Com­pre­hen­sive Books Which Make the Case for Effec­tive Cor­po­rate An­i­mal Welfare Cam­paigns via a Writ­ing Con­test for Po­ten­tial Authors

EnginarJul 16, 2022, 8:31 AM
9 points
2 comments17 min readEA link

[Question] Do EA folks want AGI at all?

Noah ScalesJul 16, 2022, 5:44 AM
8 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

A sum­mary of ev­ery “High­lights from the Se­quences” post

AkashJul 15, 2022, 11:05 PM
47 points
3 comments17 min readEA link

More to ex­plore on ‘Risks from Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence’

EA HandbookJul 15, 2022, 11:00 PM
9 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

More to ex­plore on ‘Our Fi­nal Cen­tury’

EA HandbookJul 15, 2022, 11:00 PM
7 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Re­port on So­cial Re­turns to Pro­duc­tivity Growth

Tom_DavidsonJul 15, 2022, 10:31 PM
55 points
5 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

My lo­cal EA group has an un­friendly and im­per­sonal vibe (via r/​Effec­tiveAltru­ism)

TynerJul 15, 2022, 10:27 PM
62 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(old.reddit.com)

[Question] Ex­is­ten­tial Biorisk vs. GCBR

Will AldredJul 15, 2022, 9:16 PM
37 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Man­i­fold Mar­kets in­ter­view with Joel Becker

David CheeJul 15, 2022, 8:33 PM
13 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Ap­ply to the Open Philan­thropy Tech­nol­ogy Policy Fel­low­ship!

lukeprogJul 15, 2022, 7:47 PM
93 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

Mid­west EA’s Next Steps Re­treat Post-Mortem

Miranda_ZhangJul 15, 2022, 6:41 PM
29 points
0 comments16 min readEA link

Re­sults of a Span­ish-speak­ing es­say con­test about Global Catas­trophic Risk

Jaime SevillaJul 15, 2022, 4:53 PM
86 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Should I donate my earn­ings when my ca­reer is just be­gin­ning?

BrianJul 15, 2022, 3:27 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Up­com­ing heat­wave: advice

StavrosJul 15, 2022, 9:50 AM
16 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

What if we don’t need a “Hard Left Turn” to reach AGI?

EigengenderJul 15, 2022, 9:49 AM
39 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

A philo­soph­i­cal re­view of Open Philan­thropy’s Cause Pri­ori­ti­sa­tion Framework

MichaelPlantJul 15, 2022, 8:21 AM
160 points
11 comments29 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Is it pos­si­ble for EA to re­main nu­anced and be more wel­com­ing to new­com­ers? A dis­tinc­tion for dis­cus­sions on top­ics like this one.

SophiaJul 15, 2022, 7:03 AM
36 points
19 comments12 min readEA link

Im­pact Mar­kets: The An­noy­ing Details

Scott AlexanderJul 15, 2022, 5:34 AM
112 points
46 comments26 min readEA link

Sur­vey: Le­gal needs in EA and longtermism

Tyrone-Jay Barugh 🔸Jul 15, 2022, 4:40 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(forms.office.com)

The Term “EA-Aligned” Car­ries Baggage

Evan_GaensbauerJul 15, 2022, 1:57 AM
7 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Idea: call-your-rep­re­sen­ta­tive newsletter

Ann Garth 🔸Jul 14, 2022, 11:31 PM
34 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How much do EA grant or­ga­ni­za­tions rely on ex­perts?

GilJul 14, 2022, 10:40 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are some tech­niques to save time in the EA ca­reer search pro­cess?

Evan_GaensbauerJul 14, 2022, 10:14 PM
15 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] How do em­ploy­ers not af­fili­ated with effec­tive al­tru­ism re­gard ex­pe­rience at EA-af­fili­ated or­ga­ni­za­tions?

Evan_GaensbauerJul 14, 2022, 10:01 PM
41 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Why I’m skep­ti­cal of moral cir­cle ex­pan­sion as a cause area

Question MarkJul 14, 2022, 8:29 PM
18 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Crypto mar­kets, EA fund­ing and optics

SaraAzubuikeJul 14, 2022, 3:46 PM
144 points
24 comments4 min readEA link

Re­silience Via Frag­mented Power

steve6320Jul 14, 2022, 3:37 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

It’s OK not to go into AI (for stu­dents)

ruthgraceJul 14, 2022, 3:16 PM
59 points
18 comments2 min readEA link

Crit­i­cism of EA Crit­i­cism Contest

Zvi Jul 14, 2022, 2:20 PM
101 points
34 comments31 min readEA link

Why poli­cy­mak­ers should be­ware claims of new “arms races” (Bul­letin of the Atomic Scien­tists)

christian.rJul 14, 2022, 1:38 PM
55 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(thebulletin.org)

Lev­er­ag­ing la­bor short­ages as a path­way to ca­reer im­pact?

IanDavidMossJul 14, 2022, 1:32 PM
18 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

EAGxBos­ton 2022: Ret­ro­spec­tive

KaleemJul 14, 2022, 1:09 PM
59 points
2 comments9 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates: June-July 2022

LizkaJul 14, 2022, 1:04 PM
23 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Per­sonal cli­mate im­pact question

fergusb1232Jul 14, 2022, 11:37 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Mar­i­time ca­pa­bil­ity and post-catas­tro­phe re­silience.

Tom Gardiner 🔸Jul 14, 2022, 11:29 AM
32 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Talk­ing EA to my philos­o­phy friends

Eleni_AJul 14, 2022, 8:48 AM
11 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What are some mea­surable prox­ies for EA com­mu­nity health?

michelJul 14, 2022, 6:26 AM
32 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Bal­lot trans­parency project

Saturated BatJul 14, 2022, 4:34 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readEA link