I think the numbers initially claiming to have heard of EA (19.1%) are strongly inflated by false positives (including lizardmen), but the numbers after the ‘stringent’ checks (including giving a qualitative explanation of what EA is) were applied (1.9-3.1%) are much less so (though, as we argue, still somewhat inflated). Note that the org results didn’t have the same checks applied, so those definitely shouldn’t be taken at face value and should be expected to be inflated by lizardmen etc.
This means the results predate both Will MacAskill’s high-profile publicity tour for What We Owe The Future as well as the downfall of FTX. My guess is that the number of people who have heard of Effective Altruism has increased substantially since then.
We’ll be publishing results about this soon, but as we noted here, we don’t think there’s been such a substantial increase in awareness of EA due to FTX, including among elite groups.
I think the numbers initially claiming to have heard of EA (19.1%) are strongly inflated by false positives (including lizardmen), but the numbers after the ‘stringent’ checks (including giving a qualitative explanation of what EA is) were applied (1.9-3.1%) are much less so (though, as we argue, still somewhat inflated). Note that the org results didn’t have the same checks applied, so those definitely shouldn’t be taken at face value and should be expected to be inflated by lizardmen etc.
We’ll be publishing results about this soon, but as we noted here, we don’t think there’s been such a substantial increase in awareness of EA due to FTX, including among elite groups.