Odd to me that this article doesn’t mention LLINs at all, as it is probably the EA program that has received the most funding. Despite the name, the LLINs only last about 3 years or so before the funding needs to take into account the short-term duration of these programs.
In other words, I don’t think AI advances should affect your willingness to fund bednets unless you expect one of the arguments in this piece to take effect in the next 4 years or so (which is an even more aggressive timeline than saying we achieve AGI in the next 4 years).
I would expect that many other EA-funded programs turn out to have a similar analysis when examined in this way.
Odd to me that this article doesn’t mention LLINs at all, as it is probably the EA program that has received the most funding. Despite the name, the LLINs only last about 3 years or so before the funding needs to take into account the short-term duration of these programs.
In other words, I don’t think AI advances should affect your willingness to fund bednets unless you expect one of the arguments in this piece to take effect in the next 4 years or so (which is an even more aggressive timeline than saying we achieve AGI in the next 4 years).
I would expect that many other EA-funded programs turn out to have a similar analysis when examined in this way.