Here’s a few suggestions for near-term megaprojects:
- Longevity research - Meat-replacement mega-cost reduction investments (leapfrogging current tech) - Eliminating disease-bearing mosquitoes— Eliminating all vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide— Developing cheap, universal metagenomic scanning for biosecurity (Also see this slightly less ambitious version, mentioned by Alex in a different answer.) - Large-scale governance reform initiatives— Universally available, validated, well-build apps for CBT to reduce depression / increase happiness— AI safety (We’re doing this one already, so the key players may not have room for funding.)
For AI safety—maybe Redwood has the most room for funding? They seem to be the most interested in growth (correct me if I’m wrong). And even if the existing players don’t have more room, other ways need to be thought of to scale up further through funding as the field is clearly still too small to compete in the race against the titanic field of AI capabilities.
Agree longevity needs to be funded more as well, though lots of aging billionaires like Bezos seem to be throwing tons of money at it these days too so maybe EA money would be much less useful/uniquely needed there than e.g. AI alignment.
Here’s a few suggestions for near-term megaprojects:
- Longevity research
- Meat-replacement mega-cost reduction investments (leapfrogging current tech)
- Eliminating disease-bearing mosquitoes—
Eliminating all vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide—
Developing cheap, universal metagenomic scanning for biosecurity (Also see this slightly less ambitious version, mentioned by Alex in a different answer.)
- Large-scale governance reform initiatives—
Universally available, validated, well-build apps for CBT to reduce depression / increase happiness—
AI safety (We’re doing this one already, so the key players may not have room for funding.)
I suggest you split this into different comments so each can be upvoted seperately
For AI safety—maybe Redwood has the most room for funding? They seem to be the most interested in growth (correct me if I’m wrong). And even if the existing players don’t have more room, other ways need to be thought of to scale up further through funding as the field is clearly still too small to compete in the race against the titanic field of AI capabilities.
Agree longevity needs to be funded more as well, though lots of aging billionaires like Bezos seem to be throwing tons of money at it these days too so maybe EA money would be much less useful/uniquely needed there than e.g. AI alignment.