Executive summary: The effective altruism community had numerous impactful achievements in 2023, including a new malaria vaccine, upholding an animal welfare law, progress on AI safety going mainstream, results from a large UBI experiment, approval of cultivated meat, and shutting down a potentially dangerous virus-hunting program.
Key points:
A new malaria vaccine was recommended by the WHO and deployment was expedited via advocacy, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
The Supreme Court upheld a California animal welfare law that will improve the lives of millions of animals.
AI safety went mainstream with hundreds of experts calling it a priority, new government initiatives, and progress on technical issues.
The world’s largest UBI experiment found lump sums are better than monthly payments and long-term UBI works well.
Cultivated meat was approved for sale in the US, which could reduce animal suffering.
A dangerous virus-hunting program was shut down, reducing pandemic risk.
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Executive summary: The effective altruism community had numerous impactful achievements in 2023, including a new malaria vaccine, upholding an animal welfare law, progress on AI safety going mainstream, results from a large UBI experiment, approval of cultivated meat, and shutting down a potentially dangerous virus-hunting program.
Key points:
A new malaria vaccine was recommended by the WHO and deployment was expedited via advocacy, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
The Supreme Court upheld a California animal welfare law that will improve the lives of millions of animals.
AI safety went mainstream with hundreds of experts calling it a priority, new government initiatives, and progress on technical issues.
The world’s largest UBI experiment found lump sums are better than monthly payments and long-term UBI works well.
Cultivated meat was approved for sale in the US, which could reduce animal suffering.
A dangerous virus-hunting program was shut down, reducing pandemic risk.
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