Technical people interested in doing good with their time should consider making open-source contributions to LessWrong!
Almost all of the EA Forum’s code comes from the LessWrong database, and we regularly adopt their most recent changes, so we’re really enthusiastic about people making those contributions (they’ll usually reach us after a few weeks).
Also related: MIRI used to use a platform called Youtopia to organize volunteers, until they moved in a more technical/less outreach-focused direction. Not sure how well it would work for tech projects, but it was apparently pretty helpful in general.
From an email sent to the volunteer list after MIRI stopped using Youtopia:
Many of the projects you contributed to through Youtopia were very valuable. From internet research, to translation and transcription efforts, to helping promote MIRI online, and proofreading what became “Rationality: From AI to Zombies”, your help was invaluable.
Technical people interested in doing good with their time should consider making open-source contributions to LessWrong!
Almost all of the EA Forum’s code comes from the LessWrong database, and we regularly adopt their most recent changes, so we’re really enthusiastic about people making those contributions (they’ll usually reach us after a few weeks).
Here’s their guide to helping out, and their Github tag for important issues that seem easy to fix.
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Also related: MIRI used to use a platform called Youtopia to organize volunteers, until they moved in a more technical/less outreach-focused direction. Not sure how well it would work for tech projects, but it was apparently pretty helpful in general.
From an email sent to the volunteer list after MIRI stopped using Youtopia: