Mesa-Op­ti­miza­tion: Ex­plain it like I’m 10 Edition

brookAug 26, 2023, 11:06 PM
7 points
1 comment6 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

How much do EAGs cost (and why)?

Eli_NathanAug 26, 2023, 5:36 PM
210 points
97 comments6 min readEA link

EA is un­der­es­ti­mat­ing in­tel­li­gence agen­cies and this is dangerous

trevor1Aug 26, 2023, 4:52 PM
28 points
4 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] Which or­gani­sa­tion is most effec­tive for the the marginal $ right now? (your opinions)

Nathan YoungAug 26, 2023, 11:03 AM
31 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Why It Works

Amateur Systems AnalystAug 26, 2023, 5:07 AM
2 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

How to calcu­late the ex­pected value of the best option

Amateur Systems AnalystAug 26, 2023, 5:01 AM
5 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Open Tech­ni­cal Challenges around Prob­a­bil­is­tic Pro­grams and Javascript

Ozzie GooenAug 26, 2023, 2:04 AM
39 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

Us­ing Points to Rate Differ­ent Kinds of Evidence

Ozzie GooenAug 25, 2023, 7:26 PM
33 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

Ca­reer Con­ver­sa­tions Week on the Fo­rum (8-15 Septem­ber)

LizkaAug 25, 2023, 6:44 PM
64 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] To donate or not to donate [a lobe of my liver]?

Kyle J. Lucchese 🔸Aug 25, 2023, 4:26 PM
44 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Cri­tiques of EA in an­i­mal ad­vo­cacy—A dis­cus­sion with advocates

HiveAug 25, 2023, 3:46 PM
45 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Nu­clear win­ter—Re­view­ing the ev­i­dence, the com­plex­ities, and my conclusions

Michael HingeAug 25, 2023, 3:45 PM
148 points
26 comments36 min readEA link

On whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower in­comes, and higher in­equal­ity — or the op­po­site (Michael Webb on the 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursAug 25, 2023, 2:59 PM
11 points
2 comments18 min readEA link

Per­ceived Mo­ral Value of An­i­mals and Cor­ti­cal Neu­ron Count

Willem SleegersAug 25, 2023, 2:52 PM
54 points
5 comments20 min readEA link

Jan Kul­veit’s Cor­rigi­bil­ity Thoughts Distilled

brookAug 25, 2023, 1:42 PM
16 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Linkpost] My moral view: Re­duc­ing suffer­ing, ‘how to be’ as fun­da­men­tal to moral­ity, no pos­i­tive value, cons of grand the­ory, and more—By Si­mon Knutsson

Alistair WebsterAug 25, 2023, 12:53 PM
35 points
2 comments2 min readEA link
(centerforreducingsuffering.org)

Pe­ti­tion to end Elephant Cruelty

KeshaAug 25, 2023, 12:42 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

A model-based ap­proach to AI Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

SammyDMartinAug 25, 2023, 10:44 AM
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

In­fluences on in­di­vi­d­u­als adopt­ing veg­e­tar­ian and ve­gan diets

Jamie EAug 25, 2023, 9:38 AM
74 points
13 comments11 min readEA link

[Question] What AI Posts Do You Want Distil­led?

brookAug 25, 2023, 9:00 AM
15 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Does it make sense for straight men to not move to the Bay Area or Seat­tle due to the ra­tio of men and women there?

Max PietschAug 24, 2023, 9:28 PM
−12 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

[Cross­post] AI Reg­u­la­tion May Be More Im­por­tant Than AI Align­ment For Ex­is­ten­tial Safety

OttoAug 24, 2023, 4:01 PM
14 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Learn­ing from Non-EA orgs: Ro­tary and im­pact through lo­cal communities

Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan)Aug 24, 2023, 3:08 PM
28 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

AI Safety Bounties

PatrickLAug 24, 2023, 2:30 PM
37 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Ori­gin and al­ign­ment of goals, mean­ing, and morality

FalseCogsAug 24, 2023, 2:05 PM
1 point
2 comments35 min readEA link

第8週:次のステップ

EA JapanAug 24, 2023, 12:06 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

第3週:信念をどう形成するか?

EA JapanAug 24, 2023, 12:05 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

第2週:あなたにとって大事な価値とは?

EA JapanAug 24, 2023, 12:05 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

第1週:導入

EA JapanAug 24, 2023, 12:04 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Can in­creas­ing Trust amongst hu­mans be con­sid­ered our great­est pri­or­ity?

Firas NajjarAug 24, 2023, 8:45 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Mak­ing Valuable Con­nec­tions: an EA Net­work­ing Afternoon

AllisonAAug 24, 2023, 2:48 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Do An­glo EAs care less about the opinions of Non-An­glo EAs? Is this a prob­lem?

yanni kyriacosAug 23, 2023, 11:58 PM
−3 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Im­pos­ing a Lifestyle: A New Ar­gu­ment for Anti­na­tal­ism

OldphanAug 23, 2023, 10:23 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.cambridge.org)

GPT-pow­ered EA/​LW weekly summary

Hamish McDoodlesAug 23, 2023, 9:23 PM
59 points
14 comments11 min readEA link

GLP-1 med­i­ca­tions could be im­por­tant be­yond their di­rect benefits

RhyssAug 23, 2023, 4:15 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(open.spotify.com)

Re­sults from a sur­vey of 400 Chris­ti­ans on EA-re­lated topics

EA for ChristiansAug 23, 2023, 1:29 PM
26 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

The Eth­i­cal Basilisk Thought Experiment

KyrtinAug 23, 2023, 1:24 PM
1 point
6 comments1 min readEA link

Why Is No One Try­ing To Align Profit In­cen­tives With Align­ment Re­search?

PrometheusAug 23, 2023, 1:19 PM
17 points
2 comments4 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

New en­cy­clo­pe­dia en­try on util­i­tar­i­anism and Chris­tian theology

dominicroserAug 23, 2023, 1:08 PM
53 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(www.saet.ac.uk)

[Question] Thoughts on Pan­dora’s Gam­ble? (Book on GCBR/​Covid ori­gins by Ali­son Young)

SiebeRozendalAug 23, 2023, 12:42 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Em­pow­er­ing Num­bers: FEM since 2021

hhartAug 23, 2023, 11:48 AM
236 points
23 comments10 min readEA link

Im­pact ob­ses­sion: Feel­ing like you never do enough good

David_AlthausAug 23, 2023, 11:32 AM
161 points
7 comments37 min readEA link

Select ex­am­ples of ad­verse se­lec­tion in longter­mist grantmaking

LinchAug 23, 2023, 3:45 AM
201 points
32 comments4 min readEA link

Im­pli­ca­tions of ev­i­den­tial co­op­er­a­tion in large worlds

Lukas FinnvedenAug 23, 2023, 12:43 AM
79 points
1 comment17 min readEA link
(lukasfinnveden.substack.com)

An ar­gu­ment for ac­cel­er­at­ing in­ter­na­tional AI gov­er­nance re­search (part 2)

MattThinksAug 22, 2023, 10:40 PM
3 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

Biosafety in BSL-3, BSL-3+ and BSL-4 Lab­o­ra­to­ries: Map­ping and Recom­men­da­tions for Latin America

JorgeTorresCAug 22, 2023, 8:52 PM
46 points
3 comments14 min readEA link
(riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com)

An­nounc­ing Kick­start­ing for Good

Che Green 🔸Aug 22, 2023, 8:16 PM
11 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

[Question] Why does an AI have to have speci­fied goals?

Luke EureAug 22, 2023, 8:15 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

QALYs per life saved

Amateur Systems AnalystAug 22, 2023, 7:54 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

What do XPT fore­casts tell us about nu­clear risk?

Forecasting Research InstituteAug 22, 2023, 7:09 PM
22 points
0 comments14 min readEA link