List of lists of EA-related open philosophy research questions
I’ve sent this to enough people that it seems useful to have all in one place. I looked to see if it had been previously done and couldn’t find it, please link me if it has.
Add more in comments and I’ll add to the document!
AI work that philosophers can do (Wei Dai): https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rASeoR7iZ9Fokzh7L/problems-in-ai-alignment-that-philosophers-could-potentially
AI potential studies in many topics (including philosophy) (Luke Muelhauser): http://lukemuehlhauser.com/some-studies-which-could-improve-our-strategic-picture-of-superintelligence/
Concrete Research Projects (many philosophy related): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ArUWDVSQrttIL12oVy18oH36O_iYLfyLixCUwErracI/edit#gid=0
80k research questions (philosophy section): https://80000hours.org/articles/research-questions-by-discipline/#philosophy-research-questions
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking, from Open Philanthropy: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/technical-and-philosophical-questions-might-affect-our-grantmaking
GPI Research Agenda (many philosophy related): https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/gpi-research-agenda.pdf
Research I’d Like To See” by Fin Moorhouse, Philosophy of Mind section: https://www.finmoorhouse.com/writing/research#philosophy-of-mind—psychology
EA Projects I’d Like To See by Fin Moorhouse, Utilitarianism section: https://www.finmoorhouse.com/writing/ea-projects
Open Questions related to s-risks from Center for Reducing Suffering
Rob Long’s Questions About Artificial Sentience
Thanks for sharing this!
I also recommend looking at Michael’s “central directory of open research questions,” which has a lot of topics to explore.
opinionated (per its title) and non-comprehensive, but “Key questions about artificial sentience: an opinionated introduction” by me:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/gFoWdiGYtXrhmBusH/key-questions-about-artificial-sentience-an-opinionated
The Center for Reducing Suffering has this list of open research questions related to how to reduce S-risks.