On the 80k framework, if you have info on scale, tractability and neglectedness, there is no point calculating neglectedness
Are you using the two ‘neglectedness’ words differently? Why would you calculate X if you already knew X in general?
This being said, when we don’t know much about cost-effectiveness, I still think neglectedness is a useful heuristic for cost-effectiveness. The fact that AI is 1000 times more neglected than climate change does seem like a very good reason that AI is a more promising cause to work on
I think that’s right. One method is to use scale and/or neglectedness as (weak), independent heuristics for cost-effectiveness if you haven’t or can’t calculate cost-effectiveness. It’s unclear how to use tractability as a heuristic without implicitly factoring in information about neglectedness or scale. Another (the other?) method, then, is to directly assess cost-effectiveness. Once you’d done that, you’ve incorporated the ITN stuff and it would be double-counting to appeal to them again (“I know X is more cost-effective than Y, but Y is more neglected” etc).
Are you using the two ‘neglectedness’ words differently? Why would you calculate X if you already knew X in general?
I think that’s right. One method is to use scale and/or neglectedness as (weak), independent heuristics for cost-effectiveness if you haven’t or can’t calculate cost-effectiveness. It’s unclear how to use tractability as a heuristic without implicitly factoring in information about neglectedness or scale. Another (the other?) method, then, is to directly assess cost-effectiveness. Once you’d done that, you’ve incorporated the ITN stuff and it would be double-counting to appeal to them again (“I know X is more cost-effective than Y, but Y is more neglected” etc).
I’m not sure I follow your first point