And yet, while much interest, funding, and resources in EA have shifted towards AI safety, it’s rare to see any cost-effectiveness calculations. The focus on AI safety is based on vague philosophical arguments that the future could be very large and valuable, and thus whatever is done towards this end is worth orders of magnitude more than most short-term effects.
I agree there should be more cost effectiveness analyses for AI. These twopapers have a high level cost effectiveness of AI safety for improving the long-run future, rather than evaluating individual orgs (based on Oxford Prioritisation Project work). More recently, there is Rethink’s work with a DALYs/​$1000 calculation.
I agree there should be more cost effectiveness analyses for AI. These two papers have a high level cost effectiveness of AI safety for improving the long-run future, rather than evaluating individual orgs (based on Oxford Prioritisation Project work). More recently, there is Rethink’s work with a DALYs/​$1000 calculation.