RSS

Holden Karnofsky

TagLast edit: 13 Jul 2022 14:29 UTC by Leo

Holden Karnofsky (born 1981) is an American philanthropist. He is co-CEO of Open Philanthropy and a co-founder and board member of GiveWell.

Further reading

Galef, Julia & Massimo Pigliucci (2011) Evidence-based philanthropy (Holden Karnofsky), Rationally Speaking, July 3.

Karnofsky, Holden (2021) The ‘most important century’ blog post series, Cold Takes, September 24.

Klein, Ezra (2021) Transcript: Ezra Klein interviews Holden Karnofsky, The New York Times, October 5.

Todd, Benjamin (2014) Interview: Holden Karnofsky on cause selection, 80,000 Hours, October 3.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2018) The world’s most intellectual foundation is hiring. Holden Karnofsky, founder of GiveWell, on how philanthropy can have maximum impact by taking big risks, 80,000 Hours, February 27.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2021) Holden Karnofsky on the most important century, 80,000 Hours, August 19.

External links

Cold Takes. Karnofsky’s blog.

Holden Karnofsky. Effective Altruism Forum account.

Related entries

cause prioritization | GiveWell | intervention evaluation | longtermism | Open Philanthropy

The ‘Wild’ and ‘Wacky’ Claims of Karnofsky’s ‘Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury’

Spencer Becker-Kahn26 Apr 2023 15:45 UTC
115 points
17 comments18 min readEA link

My cur­rent im­pres­sions on ca­reer choice for longtermists

Holden Karnofsky4 Jun 2021 17:07 UTC
425 points
37 comments26 min readEA link

All Pos­si­ble Views About Hu­man­ity’s Fu­ture Are Wild

Holden Karnofsky13 Jul 2021 16:57 UTC
217 points
47 comments8 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

New blog: Cold Takes

Holden Karnofsky13 Jul 2021 17:14 UTC
85 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

Hi, I’m Holden Karnofsky. AMA about jobs at Open Philanthropy

Holden Karnofsky26 Mar 2018 16:32 UTC
18 points
113 comments1 min readEA link

A dis­cus­sion of Holden Karnofsky’s “Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury” se­ries (Thurs­day 21 Oc­to­ber, 19:00 UK)

peterhartree16 Oct 2021 20:50 UTC
13 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The Track Record of Fu­tur­ists Seems … Fine

Holden Karnofsky4 Jul 2022 15:47 UTC
67 points
2 comments11 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Im­por­tant, ac­tion­able re­search ques­tions for the most im­por­tant century

Holden Karnofsky24 Feb 2022 16:34 UTC
292 points
13 comments19 min readEA link

Row­ing, Steer­ing, An­chor­ing, Equity, Mutiny

Holden Karnofsky30 Nov 2021 21:11 UTC
94 points
32 comments18 min readEA link

This Can’t Go On

Holden Karnofsky3 Aug 2021 15:53 UTC
125 points
34 comments10 min readEA link

Con­ver­sa­tion with Holden Karnofsky, Nick Beck­stead, and Eliezer Yud­kowsky on the “long-run” per­spec­tive on effec­tive altruism

Nick_Beckstead18 Aug 2014 4:30 UTC
11 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Sum­mary of his­tory (em­pow­er­ment and well-be­ing lens)

Holden Karnofsky28 Sep 2021 17:48 UTC
62 points
11 comments11 min readEA link

Use­ful Vices for Wicked Problems

Holden Karnofsky12 Apr 2022 19:19 UTC
113 points
3 comments16 min readEA link

AI timelines by bio an­chors: the de­bate in one place

Will Aldred30 Jul 2022 23:04 UTC
93 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

The Wicked Prob­lem Experience

Holden Karnofsky2 Mar 2022 17:43 UTC
72 points
10 comments9 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury Writ­ing Prize

michel31 Oct 2022 21:37 UTC
48 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky: Open Philan­thropy Project

EA Global28 Aug 2015 8:37 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Com­ments for shorter Cold Takes pieces

Holden Karnofsky3 Nov 2021 12:48 UTC
48 points
169 comments1 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky on build­ing ap­ti­tudes and kick­ing ass

80000_Hours23 Sep 2021 16:55 UTC
10 points
0 comments139 min readEA link

Ideal gov­er­nance (for com­pa­nies, coun­tries and more)

Holden Karnofsky7 Apr 2022 16:54 UTC
80 points
19 comments14 min readEA link

The value of cost-effec­tive­ness anal­y­sis (David Thorstad)

smountjoy29 Jul 2023 22:54 UTC
20 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(ineffectivealtruismblog.com)

Red-team­ing Holden Karnofsky’s AI timelines

Vasco Grilo25 Jun 2022 14:24 UTC
58 points
2 comments11 min readEA link

New se­ries of posts an­swer­ing one of Holden’s “Im­por­tant, ac­tion­able re­search ques­tions”

Evan R. Murphy12 May 2022 21:22 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky at EA Global: Reconnect

EA Global20 Mar 2021 7:00 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Found­ing of the Cen­ter on Bud­get and Policy Priorities

Holden Karnofsky20 May 2016 15:30 UTC
2 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

My favourite Holden Karnofsky es­says (pre Cold Takes)

DMMF31 Aug 2022 16:01 UTC
20 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Some Thoughts on Public Discourse

Holden Karnofsky23 Feb 2017 17:29 UTC
71 points
37 comments12 min readEA link

The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury: The Animation

Writer24 Jul 2022 22:34 UTC
50 points
8 comments20 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

A Brief Sum­mary Of The Most Im­por­tant Century

Maynk0225 Oct 2022 15:28 UTC
3 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Two in­ter­views with Holden

Benjamin_Todd3 Oct 2014 21:44 UTC
7 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

My notes on: Why we can’t take ex­pected value es­ti­mates liter­ally (even when they’re un­bi­ased)

Vasco Grilo18 Apr 2022 13:10 UTC
14 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky In­ter­view about Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury & Trans­for­ma­tive AI

Dwarkesh Patel3 Jan 2023 17:31 UTC
29 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

How to Re­form Effec­tive Altru­ism af­ter SBF Vox in­ter­view with Holden Karnofsky 1/​23/​2023

Peter26 Jan 2023 23:12 UTC
55 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

Tak­ing a leave of ab­sence from Open Philan­thropy to work on AI safety

Holden Karnofsky23 Feb 2023 19:05 UTC
424 points
31 comments2 min readEA link

Some com­ments on re­cent FTX-re­lated events

Holden Karnofsky10 Nov 2022 22:23 UTC
652 points
79 comments4 min readEA link

My notes on: Se­quence think­ing vs. cluster thinking

Vasco Grilo25 May 2022 15:03 UTC
24 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky’s re­cent com­ments on FTX

Lizka24 Mar 2023 11:44 UTC
149 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Tempi eccezionali

EA Italy17 Jan 2023 14:58 UTC
1 point
0 comments8 min readEA link

[Opz­ionale] Tutte le pos­si­bili con­clu­sioni sul fu­turo dell’uman­ità sono incredibili

EA Italy17 Jan 2023 14:59 UTC
1 point
0 comments8 min readEA link

Le mie im­pres­sioni sulla scelta di una car­ri­era per i lungoterministi

EA Italy18 Jan 2023 11:47 UTC
1 point
0 comments27 min readEA link
No comments.