Man­i­fund: 2023 in Review

AustinJan 18, 2024, 11:50 PM
29 points
1 comment23 min readEA link
(manifund.substack.com)

The True Story of How GPT-2 Be­came Max­i­mally Lewd

WriterJan 18, 2024, 9:03 PM
23 points
1 comment6 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

Ap­pli­ca­tions Open for the Next Non­profit Org Ac­cel­er­a­tor Cohort

Deena EnglanderJan 18, 2024, 8:29 PM
13 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Good job op­por­tu­ni­ties for helping with the most im­por­tant century

Holden KarnofskyJan 18, 2024, 7:21 PM
46 points
1 comment4 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

On the abo­li­tion of man

Joe_CarlsmithJan 18, 2024, 6:17 PM
71 points
4 comments41 min readEA link

CEA is spin­ning out of Effec­tive Ventures

Eli_NathanJan 18, 2024, 4:57 PM
69 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Elec­tric Ve­hi­cles and re­new­able electricity

Arturo MaciasJan 18, 2024, 4:12 PM
1 point
1 comment4 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates: Jan­uary 2024

Toby Tremlett🔹Jan 18, 2024, 3:28 PM
18 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Feed­back of a CEA?

Iska KnuuttilaJan 18, 2024, 3:19 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

When safety is dan­ger­ous: risks of an in­definite pause on AI de­vel­op­ment, and call for re­al­is­tic alternatives

Hayven FrienbyJan 18, 2024, 2:59 PM
5 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

We are shar­ing a new web­site tem­plate for EA Groups

gergoJan 18, 2024, 11:40 AM
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Wor­ri­some mi­s­un­der­stand­ing of the core is­sues with AI transition

Roman LeventovJan 18, 2024, 10:05 AM
4 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What ev­i­dence is there for (or against) the­o­ries about the ex­tent to which effec­tive al­tru­ist in­ter­ests mo­ti­vated the ouster of Sam Alt­man last year?

Evan_GaensbauerJan 18, 2024, 5:14 AM
8 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

Some heuris­tics I use for de­cid­ing how much I trust sci­en­tific results

Nathan_BarnardJan 18, 2024, 2:50 AM
74 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the SoS Re­search Col­lec­tive for in­de­pen­dent researchers

rogersbacon1Jan 18, 2024, 12:52 AM
12 points
2 comments8 min readEA link
(www.theseedsofscience.pub)

[Question] How do I get in touch with peo­ple work­ing in fields I’m in­ter­ested in for the pur­pose of in­ter­views?

MechalukeJan 17, 2024, 10:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I finish my un­der­grad­u­ate de­gree in the US or the EU?

MechalukeJan 17, 2024, 10:08 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readEA link

Can you help re­view my ap­pli­ca­tion for a Ca­reer Cap­i­tal Ac­tivity on Sal­monella Typhi Vac­cine Development

emmannaemekaJan 17, 2024, 9:02 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Last days to ap­ply to EAGxLATAM 2024

Daniela TiznadoJan 17, 2024, 8:24 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

AI Dis­clo­sure Bal­lot Ini­ti­a­tive (and vot­ing method)

aaronhamlinJan 17, 2024, 8:01 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Re­port on the De­sir­a­bil­ity of Science Given New Biotech Risks

Matt ClancyJan 17, 2024, 7:42 PM
82 points
23 comments4 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing ac­ci­den­tally-caused pandemics

JoshuaBlakeJan 17, 2024, 7:36 PM
48 points
4 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.joshuablake.co.uk)

Against Learn­ing From Dra­matic Events (by Scott Alexan­der)

bernJan 17, 2024, 4:34 PM
46 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(www.astralcodexten.com)

Chi­nese and US Semi­con­duc­tor competition

JKitsonJan 17, 2024, 4:27 PM
12 points
2 comments10 min readEA link

First book fo­cus­ing on EA and Farmed An­i­mals: The Farm An­i­mal Move­ment: Effec­tive Altru­ism, Ven­ture Philan­thropy, and the Fight to End Fac­tory Farm­ing in America

Jeff ThomasJan 17, 2024, 4:09 PM
104 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Does a DALY ap­proach un­der­rate the bad­ness of men­tal ill­ness?

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:17 PM
10 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

Men­tal ill­ness is grow­ing as a pro­por­tion of the global dis­ease burden

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:16 PM
14 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Re­port (CEARCH) [Ex­ec­u­tive Sum­mary]

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:16 PM
41 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

An overview of promis­ing men­tal health interventions

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:14 PM
53 points
5 comments41 min readEA link

£1 mil­lion prize for the most cut­ting-edge AI solu­tion for pub­lic good [link post]

rileyharrisJan 17, 2024, 2:36 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(manchesterprize.org)

Vege­tar­i­anism is mostly ge­netic, claim Wes­seldijk et al.

BatbridgeJan 17, 2024, 12:24 PM
21 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

CAISH Hiring: AI Safety Policy Fel­low­ship Facilitators

Chloe LiJan 17, 2024, 9:21 AM
13 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

An­i­mal ethics in ChatGPT and Claude

Elijah WhippleJan 16, 2024, 9:38 PM
49 points
2 comments9 min readEA link

Be­ing nicer than Clippy

Joe_CarlsmithJan 16, 2024, 7:44 PM
26 points
3 comments27 min readEA link

Meta Char­ity Fun­ders: Sum­mary of Our First Grant Round and Path Forward

Joey🔸Jan 16, 2024, 11:16 AM
108 points
7 comments7 min readEA link

EA Nige­ria: Reflect­ing on 2023 and Look­ing Ahead to 2024

EA NigeriaJan 16, 2024, 9:26 AM
118 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing New Biose­cu­rity In­ter­ven­tions Syllabus

Lin BLJan 15, 2024, 8:53 PM
48 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Giv­ing Farm An­i­mals a Name and a Face: The Power of The Iden­ti­fi­able Vic­tim Effect

Rakefet Cohen Ben-AryeJan 15, 2024, 2:49 PM
63 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

Sum­mary: In Defence of Fa­nat­i­cism (Hay­den Wilk­in­son)

Noah Varley🔸Jan 15, 2024, 2:21 PM
30 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

A cri­tique of the EA com­mu­nity’s ap­proach to in­fluenc­ing non-EA actors

Stephen RobcraftJan 15, 2024, 11:50 AM
16 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Var­i­ous roles at The School for Mo­ral Ambition

Toby Tremlett🔹Jan 15, 2024, 11:17 AM
73 points
11 comments1 min readEA link
(www.moreleambitie.nl)

For­mal Sciences vs. So­cial Sciences: A Per­sonal Reflec­tion About Differ­ent Knowl­edge Structures

erugJan 15, 2024, 9:41 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readEA link

AI do­ing philos­o­phy = AI gen­er­at­ing hands?

Wei DaiJan 15, 2024, 9:04 AM
68 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Main­tain­ing differ­en­tial pres­sure gra­di­ents does not in­crease safety in­side mod­ern BSL-4 laboratories

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 15, 2024, 8:01 AM
13 points
6 comments2 min readEA link
(www.frontiersin.org)

De­tach­ment vs at­tach­ment [AI risk and men­tal health]

Neil WarrenJan 15, 2024, 12:38 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Should I Re­port A Co­caine User?

dstudioscodeJan 14, 2024, 9:16 PM
−18 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Prob­a­bly The Cur­rent Most Effec­tive Altru­ism: Donat­ing Blood/​Platelets/​Plasma

dstudioscodeJan 14, 2024, 7:45 PM
−15 points
16 comments1 min readEA link

Against most, but not all, AI risk analogies

Matthew_BarnettJan 14, 2024, 7:13 PM
43 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] What’s a good in­tro to AI Safety?

Amateur Systems AnalystJan 14, 2024, 4:54 PM
1 point
5 comments1 min readEA link

List of pro­jects that seem im­pact­ful for AI Governance

JaimeRVJan 14, 2024, 4:52 PM
35 points
2 comments13 min readEA link