#173 – Digi­tal minds, and how to avoid sleep­walk­ing into a ma­jor moral catas­tro­phe (Jeff Sebo on the 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_Hours29 Nov 2023 19:18 UTC
43 points
0 comments18 min readEA link

“Clean” vs. “messy” goal-di­rect­ed­ness (Sec­tion 2.2.3 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_Carlsmith29 Nov 2023 16:32 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

2023 Fu­ture Perfect 50

tobytrem29 Nov 2023 15:12 UTC
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

80,000 Hours is look­ing for a new CEO (or to fill a va­cancy left by some­one pro­moted to be CEO). Could that be you?

80000_Hours29 Nov 2023 14:45 UTC
56 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Ele­ments of EA: your (EA) iden­tity can be bespoke

Amber Dawn29 Nov 2023 14:13 UTC
95 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties: Seek­ing Ex­pres­sions of In­ter­est for Spe­cial Pro­jects Next Year

kierangreig29 Nov 2023 13:44 UTC
58 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

High­lights From Our 2023 Red­dit AMA

Animal Charity Evaluators29 Nov 2023 11:41 UTC
16 points
1 comment16 min readEA link

Effec­tive Selfishism?

ventureguess29 Nov 2023 10:42 UTC
4 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

In Con­tinued Defense Of Effec­tive Altru­ism — Scott Alexander

Pablo29 Nov 2023 10:37 UTC
163 points
30 comments1 min readEA link
(www.astralcodexten.com)

Chap­ter 4 of The Precipice in poem form

Lauriander29 Nov 2023 9:12 UTC
20 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

How I feel about my GWWC Pledge

Michael Townsend29 Nov 2023 4:22 UTC
138 points
7 comments5 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Save the date—EAGxLATAM 2024

Daniela Tiznado28 Nov 2023 22:35 UTC
91 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Dialogue on Dona­tion Splitting

JP Addison28 Nov 2023 22:20 UTC
55 points
6 comments7 min readEA link

#Giv­ingTues­day: My Giv­ing Story and Some of My Fa­vorite Charities

Kyle J. Lucchese28 Nov 2023 21:22 UTC
64 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Up­dates to Open Phil’s ca­reer de­vel­op­ment and tran­si­tion fund­ing program

Bastian_Stern28 Nov 2023 20:47 UTC
89 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

AI Safety & Risk Din­ner w/​ En­trepreneur First CEO & ARIA Chair, Matt Clifford in New York

SimonPastor28 Nov 2023 19:45 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

It’s Time We Pay In­ter­view-Stage Job Ap­pli­cants For Their Time

YellowChien28 Nov 2023 19:45 UTC
−6 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

How We Think about Ex­pected Im­pact in Cli­mate Philanthropy

jackva28 Nov 2023 19:02 UTC
34 points
8 comments25 min readEA link

EA is good, actually

Amy Labenz28 Nov 2023 15:59 UTC
269 points
15 comments4 min readEA link

Road safety: Land­scape of the prob­lem and routes to effec­tive policy advocacy

Rethink Priorities28 Nov 2023 15:38 UTC
40 points
6 comments5 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

How to in­crease EAs pro­duc­tive hours by up to 35%

Inga28 Nov 2023 14:49 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Meet the can­di­dates in the Fo­rum’s Dona­tion Elec­tion (2023)

Lizka28 Nov 2023 14:23 UTC
67 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

HLI’s Giv­ing Sea­son 2023 Re­search Overview

Happier Lives Institute28 Nov 2023 14:03 UTC
53 points
4 comments19 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Two sources of be­yond-epi­sode goals (Sec­tion 2.2.2 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_Carlsmith28 Nov 2023 13:49 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Fish Welfare Ini­ti­a­tive Strat­egy Up­date: Broad­en­ing Our Re­search Man­date in India

haven28 Nov 2023 13:37 UTC
38 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] How to count matched dona­tions for GWWC pledge?

Christoph Hartmann28 Nov 2023 12:27 UTC
3 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Three new re­ports re­view­ing re­search and con­cepts in ad­vanced AI governance

MMMaas28 Nov 2023 9:21 UTC
29 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.legalpriorities.org)

[Question] Are pas­ture-raised eggs real?

jvb28 Nov 2023 2:15 UTC
7 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Apoca­lypse in­surance, and the hardline liber­tar­ian take on AI risk

So8res28 Nov 2023 2:09 UTC
21 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Join GWWC’s gov­er­nance or ad­vi­sory boards

Luke Freeman28 Nov 2023 1:46 UTC
61 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Re­think’s CURVE Se­quence—The Good and the Gaps

JackM28 Nov 2023 1:06 UTC
96 points
7 comments10 min readEA link

Effec­tive Giv­ing: Best Prac­tices, Key Con­sid­er­a­tions, and Resources

Pete Rowlett28 Nov 2023 0:36 UTC
26 points
1 comment40 min readEA link

Talk­ing through de­pres­sion: The cost-effec­tive­ness of psy­chother­apy in LMICs, re­vised and expanded

JoelMcGuire27 Nov 2023 23:08 UTC
74 points
34 comments4 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

AISC 2024 - Pro­ject Summaries

Nicky Pochinkov27 Nov 2023 22:35 UTC
13 points
1 comment18 min readEA link

2023 EA con­fer­ence talks are now live

Eli_Nathan27 Nov 2023 19:10 UTC
33 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Two con­cepts of an “epi­sode” (Sec­tion 2.2.1 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_Carlsmith27 Nov 2023 18:01 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Can AI safely ex­ist at all?

Hayven Frienby27 Nov 2023 17:33 UTC
6 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

Prob­a­bly Good has a new sec­tion on cli­mate change

Probably Good27 Nov 2023 15:53 UTC
16 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Welfare and felt du­ra­tion (An­dreas Mo­gensen)

Global Priorities Institute27 Nov 2023 15:40 UTC
24 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

GWWC’s new recom­men­da­tions and cause area funds

Sjir Hoeijmakers27 Nov 2023 13:29 UTC
70 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(givingwhatwecan.org)

Sen­tience In­sti­tute 2023 End of Year Summary

MichaelDello27 Nov 2023 12:11 UTC
25 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

Shal­low re­view of live agen­das in al­ign­ment & safety

Gavin27 Nov 2023 11:33 UTC
76 points
8 comments29 min readEA link

2 Other tips on how to get things done

wes R27 Nov 2023 4:47 UTC
−8 points
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Should you donate to Sandy Hook Promise?

wes R27 Nov 2023 3:00 UTC
−6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Si­tu­a­tional aware­ness (Sec­tion 2.1 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_Carlsmith26 Nov 2023 23:00 UTC
12 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Ques­tions about school shootings

wes R26 Nov 2023 19:15 UTC
5 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is There a Pro­ject Track­ing Sys­tem in EA?

Aaron Graifman26 Nov 2023 17:34 UTC
12 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Po­ten­tial on­line group for neu­ro­di­ver­gent EAs

VictorW26 Nov 2023 11:11 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Paper out now on cre­a­tine and cog­ni­tive performance

Fabienne26 Nov 2023 10:49 UTC
123 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I prove my­self first by pres­ti­gious em­ploy­ers or go di­rectly into the fields I want to end up in?

Sven Spehr26 Nov 2023 8:08 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link