Ten­sions be­tween differ­ent ap­proaches to do­ing good

JamesÖz 🔸Mar 19, 2023, 6:14 PM
111 points
5 comments11 min readEA link

How much should gov­ern­ments pay to pre­vent catas­tro­phes? Longter­mism’s limited role

EJTMar 19, 2023, 4:50 PM
258 points
35 comments35 min readEA link
(philpapers.org)

Con­sul­tants and the Cri­sis of Cap­i­tal­ism—Maz­zu­cato & Collington

Miquel Banchs-Piqué (prev. mikbp)Mar 19, 2023, 10:46 AM
−2 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.project-syndicate.org)

Scale of the welfare of var­i­ous an­i­mal populations

Vasco Grilo🔸Mar 19, 2023, 7:10 AM
58 points
24 comments5 min readEA link

Some pre­limi­nary notes to­wards a *real* Cost-Benefit anal­y­sis of prisons

Philosophy BearMar 19, 2023, 2:34 AM
8 points
2 comments12 min readEA link
(philosophybear.substack.com)

Po­ten­tial em­ploy­ees have a unique lever to in­fluence the be­hav­iors of AI labs

oxalisMar 18, 2023, 8:58 PM
139 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

[Question] What would need to be true for AI to trans­late a le­gal con­tract to a smart con­tract?

Patrick LiuMar 18, 2023, 4:42 PM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Young Peo­ple of EA—Database of Friendly Contacts

Madhav MalhotraMar 18, 2023, 12:39 PM
22 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Re­search­ing Pri­ori­ties in Lo­cal Contexts

Luis Mota FreitasMar 18, 2023, 11:24 AM
95 points
12 comments9 min readEA link

Pros and Cons of boy­cotting paid Chat GPT

NickLaingMar 18, 2023, 8:50 AM
14 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

Why I’m suss on wellbe­ing surveys

Henry Howard🔸Mar 18, 2023, 7:07 AM
9 points
15 comments2 min readEA link

Would you pur­sue soft­ware en­g­ineer­ing as a ca­reer to­day?

justapersonMar 18, 2023, 3:33 AM
8 points
15 comments3 min readEA link

We can guaran­tee (at least) $1100 to Against Malaria Foun­da­tion by win­ning each round of this Twit­ter poll con­test.

figolamboMar 17, 2023, 11:15 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Event] Join Me­tac­u­lus for Fore­cast Fri­day on March 24th!

christianMar 17, 2023, 10:47 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.eventbrite.com)

Why SoGive is pub­lish­ing an in­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tion of StrongMinds

ishaanMar 17, 2023, 10:46 PM
100 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

How to make in­de­pen­dent re­search more fun (80k After Hours)

rgbMar 17, 2023, 10:25 PM
28 points
0 comments25 min readEA link
(80000hours.org)

The illu­sion of con­sen­sus about EA celebrities

Ben Millwood🔸Mar 17, 2023, 9:16 PM
131 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal: Eval­u­a­tions of “Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence and Eco­nomic Growth”, and new host­ing space

david_reinsteinMar 17, 2023, 8:20 PM
47 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

EA Lon­don So­cial for Women and Un­der­rep­re­sented Genders

Gemma 🔸Mar 17, 2023, 5:00 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Get­ting Bet­ter at Writ­ing: Why and How

bgarfinkelMar 17, 2023, 3:31 PM
97 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Al­paca 7B re­lease | Bud­get ChatGPT for ev­ery­body?

Felix Wolf 🔸Mar 17, 2023, 1:08 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Sym­bio­sis, not al­ign­ment, as the goal for liberal democ­ra­cies in the tran­si­tion to ar­tifi­cial gen­eral intelligence

simonfriederichMar 17, 2023, 1:04 PM
18 points
2 comments24 min readEA link
(rdcu.be)

Sur­vey on in­ter­me­di­ate goals in AI governance

MichaelA🔸Mar 17, 2023, 12:44 PM
156 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the 2023 CLR Sum­mer Re­search Fellowship

stefan.torgesMar 17, 2023, 12:11 PM
81 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Le­gal As­sis­tance for Vic­tims of AI

bobMar 17, 2023, 11:42 AM
52 points
19 comments1 min readEA link

Can we trust wellbe­ing sur­veys? A pi­lot study of com­pa­ra­bil­ity, lin­ear­ity, and neutrality

Conrad SMar 17, 2023, 10:17 AM
73 points
10 comments10 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Dona­tion offsets for ChatGPT Plus subscriptions

Jeffrey LadishMar 16, 2023, 11:11 PM
76 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

Some prob­lems in op­er­a­tions at EA orgs: in­puts from a dozen ops staff

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸Mar 16, 2023, 8:32 PM
118 points
23 comments6 min readEA link

Me­tac­u­lus’s Cli­mate Tip­ping Points Tour­na­ment En­ters Round 2

christianMar 16, 2023, 6:48 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

[Linkpost] Why pesc­etar­i­anism is bad for an­i­mal welfare—Vox, Fu­ture Perfect

GarrisonMar 16, 2023, 3:33 PM
68 points
14 comments1 min readEA link
(bit.ly)

Fore­cast­ing in the Czech pub­lic ad­minis­tra­tion—pre­limi­nary findings

janklenhaMar 16, 2023, 2:47 PM
45 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

Giv­ing Green team re­flects on 2022 cli­mate giv­ing research

Giving GreenMar 16, 2023, 2:39 PM
30 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

We are fight­ing a shared bat­tle (a call for a differ­ent ap­proach to AI Strat­egy)

GideonFMar 16, 2023, 2:37 PM
59 points
11 comments15 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the ERA Cam­bridge Sum­mer Re­search Fellowship

nandiniMar 16, 2023, 11:37 AM
83 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Women and un­der­rep­re­sented gen­ders meetup @ EAGx Cambridge

Amber DawnMar 16, 2023, 10:08 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Here, have a calm­ness video

Kaj_SotalaMar 16, 2023, 10:00 AM
18 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Offer an op­tion to Mus­lim donors; grow effec­tive giving

GiveDirectlyMar 16, 2023, 7:26 AM
270 points
34 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Is this quote from SBF al­igned with EA?

AgrippaMar 16, 2023, 3:37 AM
15 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Does EA get the “best” peo­ple? Hy­pothe­ses + call for discussion

Nicholas KrossMar 16, 2023, 3:22 AM
4 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

High­lights from last week

LizkaMar 16, 2023, 12:49 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Write a Book?

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Mar 16, 2023, 12:11 AM
189 points
24 comments3 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates & Op­por­tu­ni­ties: March 2023

LizkaMar 15, 2023, 11:54 PM
27 points
4 comments10 min readEA link

AI Safety − 7 months of dis­cus­sion in 17 minutes

Zoe WilliamsMar 15, 2023, 11:41 PM
90 points
2 comments17 min readEA link

Re­mind­ing my­self just how awful pain can get (plus, an ex­per­i­ment on my­self)

Ren RybaMar 15, 2023, 10:44 PM
308 points
60 comments16 min readEA link

80k pod­cast epi­sode on sen­tience in AI systems

rgbMar 15, 2023, 8:19 PM
85 points
2 comments13 min readEA link
(80000hours.org)

Suc­cess with­out dig­nity: a nearcast­ing story of avoid­ing catas­tro­phe by luck

Holden KarnofskyMar 15, 2023, 8:17 PM
113 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

[Question] What hap­pened to the OpenPhil OpenAI board seat?

ChristianKleineidamMar 15, 2023, 8:09 PM
52 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

Near Term Cli­mate Risk and In­ter­ven­tion: A Roadmap for Re­search, U.S. Re­search In­vest­ment and In­ter­na­tional Scien­tific Cooperation

Sam KaufmannMar 15, 2023, 5:48 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.silverlining.ngo)

[Question] Good de­pic­tions of speed mis­matches be­tween ad­vanced AI sys­tems and hu­mans?

Geoffrey MillerMar 15, 2023, 4:40 PM
18 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Lead­er­ship Office Hours | Scar­let Spark

Sharleen Mar 15, 2023, 3:12 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link