Off the top of my mind and without consulting people:
Ruairi Donnelly, Max Carpendale, Kieran Grieg, Andrew McKnight, Oscar Horta
Had he not been hired by ACE: Jacy Anthis
The Foundational Research Institute (FRI) is a project aiming to be similar to the Future of Humanity Institute, except with a more explicitly utilitarian bent, based on the concerns of, e.g,. David Pearce, Brian Tomasik, and the EAs of Basel, Switzerland. They’re in an awkward position where Brian would be a valuable researcher for them, but he considers his peers to be just as valuable and adept researchers, so he’s taken to funding them and their organizations himself through earning to give. I believe he may be the only person doing so for (FRI), and also perhaps Animal Ethics. This seems to me an awkward state of affairs. I don’t know if FRI is even legally incorporated in any country yet, so funding them and/or affiliated researchers might blur the lines between funding individual researchers and institutions. Either way, I believe Mr. Tomasik and his peers would appreciate a chance to discuss direct funding if or when such funding became available.
Thanks, Evan! FRI is an official charity in Switzerland. Donations would help us grow, though we’d probably need a lot of funding ($100K+) before I revised my personal thoughts on earning vs. direct research.
What I don’t see is how FRI could actually change the future. No matter how much research you publish, there’s no reason to predict it will actually influence real decisions which affect real future suffering.
So it is only a theoretical activity (still fun and legitimate, of course).
Off the top of my mind and without consulting people:
Ruairi Donnelly, Max Carpendale, Kieran Grieg, Andrew McKnight, Oscar Horta
Had he not been hired by ACE: Jacy Anthis
The Foundational Research Institute (FRI) is a project aiming to be similar to the Future of Humanity Institute, except with a more explicitly utilitarian bent, based on the concerns of, e.g,. David Pearce, Brian Tomasik, and the EAs of Basel, Switzerland. They’re in an awkward position where Brian would be a valuable researcher for them, but he considers his peers to be just as valuable and adept researchers, so he’s taken to funding them and their organizations himself through earning to give. I believe he may be the only person doing so for (FRI), and also perhaps Animal Ethics. This seems to me an awkward state of affairs. I don’t know if FRI is even legally incorporated in any country yet, so funding them and/or affiliated researchers might blur the lines between funding individual researchers and institutions. Either way, I believe Mr. Tomasik and his peers would appreciate a chance to discuss direct funding if or when such funding became available.
Thanks, Evan! FRI is an official charity in Switzerland. Donations would help us grow, though we’d probably need a lot of funding ($100K+) before I revised my personal thoughts on earning vs. direct research.
I sent 5 euros to you! :)
What I don’t see is how FRI could actually change the future. No matter how much research you publish, there’s no reason to predict it will actually influence real decisions which affect real future suffering.
So it is only a theoretical activity (still fun and legitimate, of course).