Does schem­ing lead to ad­e­quate fu­ture em­pow­er­ment? (Sec­tion 2.3.1.2 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_CarlsmithDec 3, 2023, 6:32 PM
6 points
1 comment15 min readEA link

On Sto­ries, their im­pact and how to im­prove them

Timon RenzelmannDec 3, 2023, 3:58 PM
36 points
4 comments16 min readEA link

The benefits and risks of op­ti­mism (about AI safety)

Karl von WendtDec 3, 2023, 12:45 PM
3 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] ai safety ques­tion

David turnerDec 3, 2023, 12:42 PM
−13 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Best free we­bi­nars /​ videos for stu­dents to learn to con­duct cost-effec­tive­ness anal­y­sis?

freedomandutilityDec 3, 2023, 12:04 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

I donated $35 to offset my car­bon foot­print for this year

Luke EureDec 3, 2023, 9:46 AM
41 points
19 comments2 min readEA link

Farewell mes­sages from the EA Philip­pines Core Team

Elmerei CuevasDec 3, 2023, 1:07 AM
82 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

Quick takes on “AI is easy to con­trol”

So8resDec 2, 2023, 10:33 PM
−12 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

What do we re­ally know about growth in LMICs? (Part 1: sec­toral trans­for­ma­tion)

Karthik TadepalliDec 2, 2023, 5:04 PM
167 points
42 comments8 min readEA link

GWWC Lon­don Group Co-leads: Reflec­tions on our first event

Chris RouseDec 2, 2023, 3:34 PM
39 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

The goal-guard­ing hy­poth­e­sis (Sec­tion 2.3.1.1 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_CarlsmithDec 2, 2023, 3:20 PM
6 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

Out-of-dis­tri­bu­tion Bioattacks

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Dec 2, 2023, 12:20 PM
70 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Aging should be effec­tive al­tru­ism’s 5th cause area

Yarrow🔸Dec 2, 2023, 8:28 AM
20 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Can a ter­ror­ist at­tack cause hu­man ex­tinc­tion? Not on priors

Vasco Grilo🔸Dec 2, 2023, 8:20 AM
43 points
9 comments15 min readEA link

MATS Sum­mer 2023 Retrospective

utilistrutilDec 2, 2023, 12:12 AM
28 points
3 comments26 min readEA link

A New Paradigm For Emo­tional Work And Men­tal Health

Milli🔸Dec 1, 2023, 10:12 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Speci­fi­ca­tion Gam­ing: How AI Can Turn Your Wishes Against You [RA Video]

WriterDec 1, 2023, 7:30 PM
8 points
1 comment5 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

Tak­ing Into Ac­count Sen­tient Non-Hu­mans in AI Am­bi­tious Value Learn­ing: Sen­tien­tist Co­her­ent Ex­trap­o­lated Volition

Adrià MoretDec 1, 2023, 6:01 PM
43 points
2 comments42 min readEA link

Do­ing Good Effec­tively is Unusual

Richard Y Chappell🔸Dec 1, 2023, 5:03 PM
174 points
27 comments7 min readEA link
(rychappell.substack.com)

The 8-Week Mar­ket­ing Plan—A Real­is­tic and Prac­ti­cal Roadmap For EAs

Igor ScaldiniDec 1, 2023, 4:23 PM
39 points
1 comment16 min readEA link

Why Did NEPA Peak in 2016?

Maxwell TabarrokDec 1, 2023, 4:18 PM
11 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Philoso­phers Against Malaria Fundraiser

mhendric🔸Dec 1, 2023, 4:12 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Well-Be­ing In­dex (WBI): Redefin­ing So­cietal Progress Together

Max KusmierekDec 1, 2023, 3:23 PM
5 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

How can EA bring about the so­cial change it de­sires? An anal­y­sis of his­tor­i­cal so­cial change port­fo­lios

James HerbertDec 1, 2023, 2:55 PM
26 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

How use­ful for al­ign­ment-rele­vant work are AIs with short-term goals? (Sec­tion 2.2.4.3 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_CarlsmithDec 1, 2023, 2:51 PM
6 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Ex­tend­ing Ex­ist­ing An­i­mal Pro­tec­tion Laws

Moritz Stumpe 🔸Dec 1, 2023, 2:44 PM
44 points
2 comments35 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Lant Pritch­ett ‘The poli­ti­cal ac­cept­abil­ity of time-limited la­bor mo­bil­ity: Five lev­ers open­ing the Over­ton win­dow’

John G. HalsteadDec 1, 2023, 1:52 PM
18 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

My Per­sonal Pri­ori­ties, Char­ity, Ju­daism, and Effec­tive Altruism

DavidmanheimDec 1, 2023, 11:23 AM
96 points
16 comments5 min readEA link

Cause area re­port: vaccines

Erwan SallardDec 1, 2023, 10:35 AM
20 points
2 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] Hi Effec­tive Altru­ism com­mu­nity!

Mohit GaurDec 1, 2023, 10:35 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

So­lar4Africa Pro­ject #4 - Gen­eral In­ter­ven­tion Refine­ment and Cost-Effec­tive­ness Anal­y­sis of So­lar Elec­tric Cook­ing Sys­tems: Pro­ject Overview and Methodology

shanemurrayDec 1, 2023, 10:35 AM
11 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Im­mutable Spirits: Not One More Lost; Not One Forgotten

Tim SankaraDec 1, 2023, 10:32 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Effek­tiv Spen­den’s Im­pact Eval­u­a­tion 2019-2023 (exec. sum­mary)

Sebastian SchienleDec 1, 2023, 8:16 AM
144 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

The AI Endgame: A coun­ter­fac­tual to AI al­ign­ment by an AI Safety newcomer

Andreas PDec 1, 2023, 5:49 AM
2 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

ALLFED’s 2023 Highlights

Sonia_CassidyDec 1, 2023, 12:47 AM
61 points
5 comments27 min readEA link

Is schem­ing more likely in mod­els trained to have long-term goals? (Sec­tions 2.2.4.1-2.2.4.2 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe_CarlsmithNov 30, 2023, 4:43 PM
6 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Red-team­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk from AI

Zed TararNov 30, 2023, 2:35 PM
30 points
16 comments6 min readEA link

Ven­ture Philan­thropy, dis­cus­sion of pro­cess and philosophy

Ben YeohNov 30, 2023, 1:21 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Em­piri­cal data on how teenagers hear about EA

Jamie_HarrisNov 30, 2023, 12:41 PM
39 points
8 comments5 min readEA link

Poor “fraud ex­pert” Yan Limeng

Jody LevinsonNov 30, 2023, 10:32 AM
−8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Yan Li­meng: a com­plete ru­mor maker

Jody LevinsonNov 30, 2023, 10:32 AM
−8 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Fraud sus­pect Guo Wen­gui: an anti-Com­mu­nist “on­line celebrity”

Jody LevinsonNov 30, 2023, 10:32 AM
−13 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Or­ga­ni­za­tions That Eval­u­ate Charities

We Are One Love ThyselfNov 30, 2023, 10:18 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Life Is Something

olin21Nov 30, 2023, 10:17 AM
−9 points
0 comments39 min readEA link

Pre­serv­ing our her­i­tage: Build­ing a move­ment and a knowl­edge ark for cur­rent and fu­ture generations

rnk8Nov 30, 2023, 10:15 AM
−9 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

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

80000_HoursNov 29, 2023, 7:18 PM
43 points
0 comments18 min readEA link

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

Joe_CarlsmithNov 29, 2023, 4:32 PM
7 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

2023 Fu­ture Perfect 50

Toby Tremlett🔹Nov 29, 2023, 3:12 PM
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_HoursNov 29, 2023, 2:45 PM
56 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

Amber DawnNov 29, 2023, 2:13 PM
97 points
3 comments4 min readEA link