Currently, it is impossible to know where a post fits within the landscape of EA ideas just by glancing at a few values. I am suggesting a set of infographics that summarize 8 vectors that categorize a post within the complex EA space at a glance. These vectors describe posts’:
Effects timeline (4-dimensional)
Risk and wellness (2D)
What types of reasoning are stimulated (5D)
Breadth and depth (2D)
Entertaining or serious (1D)
Problem and solution system (6D)
Longtermism detail (5D)
Who recommends it (68 values, filterable)
I am looking for feedback on what categories can comprehensively describe important aspects of a post, how these can be visualized, and how can the mathematics be intuitive as well as unbiased and unbiasing.
I thank Edo Arad for framing feedback.
Infographics and calculations
Effects timeline
Description
Line chart
x-axis: Time scale with segments of increasing exponentiation iteration (starting with linear)
y-axis:
Intended effects:
Magnitude (voters suggest units) (left scale)
Probability (right scale)
Unintended effects:
Magnitude (voters suggest units) (left scale)
Probability (right scale)
Calculations
Users draw curves or use mathematical input
Curves are averaged (weighted by x)
Risk and wellness
Description
Bar graph
Bars (from 0 to max):
Preventing risk
Securing wellness
Note: The two bars do not need to add up to 100%; a post can discuss both risk prevention and wellness advancement to a high extent, for example.
Calculations
Voters have 100 points to allocate among all posts (if they have no more points to allocate, they have to decrease their upvotes on other posts)
Points allocated to each bar are squared and then multiplied by x; results are summed for each bar
The size of bar is the ratio of the points of this post over max points any post is currently receiving for that bar
What types of reasoning are stimulated
Description
Two arrows in 3D space
x-axis: Intuitive
y-axis: Emotional
z-axis: Impulsive
Arrow up: Deductive
Arrow down: Inductive
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate among the five categories
Points in each category are summed
The sum in each category is divided by the number of voters (weighted by x)
The ratio is displayed as a % from 0 to 100% on axes or empty to full arrow
Breadth and depth
Description
Horizontal bar graph
Left-right bar: Comprehensiveness
Right-left bar: Detail
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate between the two bars
Votes for each bar are summed
The ratio of the sum of votes for each bar over the number of voters (weighted by x) is shown as a % from 0 to 100%
Entertaining or serious
Description
Linear scale
Left: Entertaining
Right: Serious
Calculations
Voters place a slider or enter a number from 0 (left end) to 100 (right end)
An average position (weighted by x) is shown
Problem and solution system
Description
Bar graph with spirals
Left-right full bar: Problem
Right-left full bar: Solution
Left-right three connecting lines: Connecting problems
Right-left two connecting lines: Connecting solutions
Left spiral: Ways to find problems
Right spiral: Ways to develop solutions
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate to each pair
Points in each of the the six categories are summed
The ratio of points allocated to each category over the number of voters voting for that pair (weighted by x) is displayed (as a size of a bar or a spiral from 0 to 100%)
Longtermism detail
Description
Bar graph
Bars:
Survival of some humans
Agency of some humans
Wellbeing of all humans
Wellbeing of all sentience
Other objectives
Calculations
Users have exactly 100 points to allocate between the bars
Points in each category are added
The sum in each category over the number of voters (weighted by x) is displayed (as a number between 0 and 100)
Who recommends it
Description
Bar graph
Bars: Recommendation for similar readers by persons with expertise/interest in traditional/innovative approach to the following fields:
AI safety technical research
AI strategy and policy
Global health and development
Global mental health and wellbeing
Farm animal welfare
Wild animal welfare
Existential risk
S-risk
Meta EA
Earning to give
Community building
Workplace advocacy
Improving institutional decisionmaking
Governance
Entrepreneurship
Self-development
Other
Calculations
Voters use a slider or enter a number between 0 and 100 for each bar
Average score (weighted by x) is displayed as a size of the bar
Conclusion
I described 8 upvote categories that can together enable users to know where in the EA landscape posts fit at a glance. I am looking for feedback on further progress in categorized EA Forum upvoting.
Categorized EA Forum upvoting
Summary
Currently, it is impossible to know where a post fits within the landscape of EA ideas just by glancing at a few values. I am suggesting a set of infographics that summarize 8 vectors that categorize a post within the complex EA space at a glance. These vectors describe posts’:
Effects timeline (4-dimensional)
Risk and wellness (2D)
What types of reasoning are stimulated (5D)
Breadth and depth (2D)
Entertaining or serious (1D)
Problem and solution system (6D)
Longtermism detail (5D)
Who recommends it (68 values, filterable)
I am looking for feedback on what categories can comprehensively describe important aspects of a post, how these can be visualized, and how can the mathematics be intuitive as well as unbiased and unbiasing.
I thank Edo Arad for framing feedback.
Infographics and calculations
Effects timeline
Description
Line chart
x-axis: Time scale with segments of increasing exponentiation iteration (starting with linear)
y-axis:
Intended effects:
Magnitude (voters suggest units) (left scale)
Probability (right scale)
Unintended effects:
Magnitude (voters suggest units) (left scale)
Probability (right scale)
Calculations
Users draw curves or use mathematical input
Curves are averaged (weighted by x)
Risk and wellness
Description
Bar graph
Bars (from 0 to max):
Preventing risk
Securing wellness
Note: The two bars do not need to add up to 100%; a post can discuss both risk prevention and wellness advancement to a high extent, for example.
Calculations
Voters have 100 points to allocate among all posts (if they have no more points to allocate, they have to decrease their upvotes on other posts)
Points allocated to each bar are squared and then multiplied by x; results are summed for each bar
The size of bar is the ratio of the points of this post over max points any post is currently receiving for that bar
What types of reasoning are stimulated
Description
Two arrows in 3D space
x-axis: Intuitive
y-axis: Emotional
z-axis: Impulsive
Arrow up: Deductive
Arrow down: Inductive
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate among the five categories
Points in each category are summed
The sum in each category is divided by the number of voters (weighted by x)
The ratio is displayed as a % from 0 to 100% on axes or empty to full arrow
Breadth and depth
Description
Horizontal bar graph
Left-right bar: Comprehensiveness
Right-left bar: Detail
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate between the two bars
Votes for each bar are summed
The ratio of the sum of votes for each bar over the number of voters (weighted by x) is shown as a % from 0 to 100%
Entertaining or serious
Description
Linear scale
Left: Entertaining
Right: Serious
Calculations
Voters place a slider or enter a number from 0 (left end) to 100 (right end)
An average position (weighted by x) is shown
Problem and solution system
Description
Bar graph with spirals
Left-right full bar: Problem
Right-left full bar: Solution
Left-right three connecting lines: Connecting problems
Right-left two connecting lines: Connecting solutions
Left spiral: Ways to find problems
Right spiral: Ways to develop solutions
Calculations
Voters have a maximum of 100x points to allocate to each pair
Points in each of the the six categories are summed
The ratio of points allocated to each category over the number of voters voting for that pair (weighted by x) is displayed (as a size of a bar or a spiral from 0 to 100%)
Longtermism detail
Description
Bar graph
Bars:
Survival of some humans
Agency of some humans
Wellbeing of all humans
Wellbeing of all sentience
Other objectives
Calculations
Users have exactly 100 points to allocate between the bars
Points in each category are added
The sum in each category over the number of voters (weighted by x) is displayed (as a number between 0 and 100)
Who recommends it
Description
Bar graph
Bars: Recommendation for similar readers by persons with expertise/interest in traditional/innovative approach to the following fields:
AI safety technical research
AI strategy and policy
Global health and development
Global mental health and wellbeing
Farm animal welfare
Wild animal welfare
Existential risk
S-risk
Meta EA
Earning to give
Community building
Workplace advocacy
Improving institutional decisionmaking
Governance
Entrepreneurship
Self-development
Other
Calculations
Voters use a slider or enter a number between 0 and 100 for each bar
Average score (weighted by x) is displayed as a size of the bar
Conclusion
I described 8 upvote categories that can together enable users to know where in the EA landscape posts fit at a glance. I am looking for feedback on further progress in categorized EA Forum upvoting.