Research agendas, questions, and project lists

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A central directory for open research questions

MichaelA🔸Apr 19, 2020, 11:47 PM

163 points

27 comments6 min readEA link

Nuclear risk research ideas: Summary & introduction

MichaelA🔸Apr 8, 2022, 11:17 AM

103 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

Some research ideas in forecasting

Jaime SevillaNov 15, 2022, 7:47 PM

79 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)

ASBJan 11, 2022, 3:46 AM

410 points

71 comments5 min readEA link

Resource Allocation: A Research Agenda

arvommNov 14, 2024, 3:34 PM

44 points

7 comments33 min readEA link

Project Ideas in Biosecurity for EAs

DavidmanheimFeb 16, 2021, 9:01 PM

106 points

19 comments7 min readEA link

New Global Priorities Institute research agendas

Global Priorities InstituteNov 29, 2024, 1:26 PM

60 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Social science research we’d like to see on global health and wellbeing [Open Philanthropy]

Aaron Gertler 🔸Feb 15, 2024, 12:28 AM

167 points

8 comments17 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Some estimation work in the horizon

NunoSempereMar 29, 2023, 10:18 PM

25 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(nunosempere.com)

List of Short-Term (<15 hours) Biosecurity Projects to Test Your Fit

Swan 🔸Apr 17, 2023, 5:10 AM

178 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

The Unjournal: July updates and opportunities (full update [fixed links])

david_reinsteinJul 22, 2023, 1:21 AM

12 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(globalimpact.gitbook.io)

List of Lists of Concrete Biosecurity Project Ideas

Tessa A 🔸Jul 16, 2022, 3:57 PM

215 points

6 comments9 min readEA link

Some research questions that you may want to tackle

Aaron BergmanJul 9, 2022, 4:26 AM

71 points

21 comments3 min readEA link

Concrete project lists

Richard_BattyMar 25, 2017, 6:12 PM

46 points

49 comments2 min readEA link

Humanities Research Ideas for Longtermists

LizkaJun 9, 2021, 4:39 AM

151 points

13 comments13 min readEA link

EA Projects I’d Like to See

finmMar 13, 2022, 6:12 PM

153 points

42 comments27 min readEA link

(www.finmoorhouse.com)

Announcing UnfinishedImpact: Give your abandoned projects a second chance

Jeroen De Ryck 🔹Mar 12, 2024, 9:25 AM

83 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

AI Forecasting Research Ideas

Jaime SevillaNov 17, 2022, 5:37 PM

78 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

12 tentative ideas for US AI policy (Luke Muehlhauser)

LizkaApr 19, 2023, 9:05 PM

117 points

12 comments4 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

A Research Agenda for Psychology and AI

carter allen🔸Jun 28, 2024, 12:56 PM

53 points

2 comments14 min readEA link

Supporting online connections: what I learned after trying to find impactful opportunities

CliffordNov 4, 2022, 5:34 PM

65 points

12 comments16 min readEA link

AI Safety Ideas: A collaborative AI safety research platform

Apart ResearchOct 17, 2022, 5:01 PM

67 points

13 comments4 min readEA link

EA Communication Project Ideas

Ben_West🔸Nov 19, 2021, 7:56 PM

128 points

13 comments5 min readEA link

List of lists of EA-related open philosophy research questions

ChanaMessingerMay 3, 2022, 4:14 PM

17 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

New ideas for mitigating biotechnology misuse

jbsJul 11, 2022, 4:26 PM

78 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

Ideas EAIF is excited to receive applications for

Jamie_HarrisDec 11, 2024, 11:51 AM

92 points

30 comments5 min readEA link

Projects I’d like to see

William_MacAskillJun 12, 2017, 4:19 PM

42 points

17 comments5 min readEA link

Concrete actionable policies relevant to AI safety (written 2019)

weeatquinceDec 16, 2022, 6:41 PM

48 points

0 comments22 min readEA link

Our research process: an overview from Rethink Priorities’ Global Health and Development team

Rethink PrioritiesMar 20, 2023, 5:02 PM

63 points

12 comments6 min readEA link

Research project idea: Technological developments that could increase risks from nuclear weapons

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:28 PM

17 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Research project idea: Intermediate goals for nuclear risk reduction

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:25 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Research project idea: Climate, agricultural, and famine effects of nuclear conflict

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:35 PM

17 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Research project idea: How should EAs react to funders pulling out of the nuclear risk space?

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:37 PM

12 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Research project idea: Nuclear EMPs

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:43 PM

18 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Research project idea: Impact assessment of nuclear-risk-related orgs, programmes, movements, etc.

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:39 PM

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Research project idea: Overview of nuclear-risk-related projects and stakeholders

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:40 PM

12 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Research project idea: Polling or message testing related to nuclear risk reduction and relevant goals/interventions

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:44 PM

16 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Research project idea: Neartermist cost-effectiveness analysis of nuclear risk reduction

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:46 PM

12 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Research project idea: Direct and indirect effects of nuclear fallout

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:48 PM

12 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Research project idea: How bad would the worst plausible nuclear conflict scenarios be?

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:50 PM

16 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Introducing the AI Objectives Institute’s Research: Differential Paths toward Safe and Beneficial AI

cmckMay 5, 2023, 8:26 PM

43 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

GovAI: Towards best practices in AGI safety and governance: A survey of expert opinion

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 15, 2023, 1:42 AM

68 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

My AI Alignment Research Agenda and Threat Model, right now (May 2023)

Nicholas / Heather KrossMay 28, 2023, 3:23 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Dreams of “Mathopedia”

Nicholas / Heather KrossJun 2, 2023, 1:30 AM

6 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

20 concrete projects for reducing existential risk

BuhlJun 21, 2023, 3:54 PM

132 points

27 comments20 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

A brainstorm of meta-EA projects (MCF 2023)

michelNov 3, 2023, 10:38 PM

27 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

“Pivotal questions”: an Unjournal trial initiative

david_reinsteinJul 21, 2024, 4:57 PM

48 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

AI governance and strategy: a list of research agendas and work that could be done.

Nathan_BarnardMar 12, 2024, 11:21 AM

33 points

4 comments17 min readEA link

AI governance talent profiles I’d like to see apply for OP funding

JulianHazellDec 19, 2023, 12:34 PM

118 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Social science research we’d like to see on animal welfare [Open Philanthropy]

Martin GouldJan 11, 2024, 6:46 PM

90 points

8 comments5 min readEA link

Unjournal: “Research with potential for impact” database

david_reinsteinSep 24, 2024, 8:33 PM

31 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(coda.io)

A Framework for Technical Progress on Biosecurity

kyle_fishNov 3, 2021, 10:57 AM

85 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

EA megaprojects continued

mariushobbhahnDec 3, 2021, 10:33 AM

183 points

48 comments7 min readEA link

AI policy ideas: Reading list

Zach Stein-PerlmanApr 17, 2023, 7:00 PM

60 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Five Tractable Biosecurity Projects You Could Start Tomorrow

MslkmpJan 31, 2025, 9:21 PM

75 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

Some AI Governance Research Ideas

MarkusAnderljungJun 3, 2021, 10:51 AM

102 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Some governance research ideas to prevent malevolent control over AGI and why this might matter a hell of a lot

Jim BuhlerMay 23, 2023, 1:07 PM

63 points

5 comments16 min readEA link

What values will control the Future? Overview, conclusion, and directions for future work

Jim BuhlerJul 18, 2023, 4:11 PM

27 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Alignment Megaprojects: You’re Not Even Trying to Have Ideas

Nicholas / Heather KrossJul 12, 2023, 11:39 PM

7 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Some more projects I’d like to see

finmFeb 25, 2023, 10:22 PM

67 points

13 comments24 min readEA link

(finmoorhouse.com)

Predicting what future people value: A terse introduction to Axiological Futurism

Jim BuhlerMar 24, 2023, 7:15 PM

62 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What longtermist projects would you like to see implemented?

BuhlMar 28, 2023, 6:41 PM

55 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Write more Wikipedia articles on policy-relevant EA concepts

freedomandutilityApr 3, 2023, 10:32 AM

76 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Seeking (Paid) Case Studies on Standards

Holden KarnofskyMay 26, 2023, 5:58 PM

99 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Questions for further investigation of AI diffusion

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

28 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

The Welfare of Digital Minds: A Research Agenda

Derek ShillerNov 11, 2024, 12:58 PM

53 points

1 comment31 min readEA link

Formalize the Hashiness Model of AGI Uncontainability

RemmeltNov 9, 2024, 4:10 PM

2 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Cruxes for nuclear risk reduction efforts—A proposal

Sarah WeilerNov 16, 2022, 6:03 AM

38 points

0 comments24 min readEA link

Announcing the EA Project Ideas Database

Joe RogeroJun 22, 2023, 8:20 PM

14 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

The Wages of North-Atlantic Bias

Sach WryAug 19, 2022, 12:34 PM

8 points

2 comments17 min readEA link

What are the most promising strategies for reducing the probability of nuclear war?

Sarah WeilerNov 16, 2022, 6:09 AM

36 points

1 comment27 min readEA link

Some lesser-known megaproject ideas

LinchApr 2, 2023, 1:03 AM

132 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Some important research questions in economics

Niklas LehmannMar 9, 2024, 11:29 AM

11 points

2 comments24 min readEA link

Important, actionable research questions for the most important century

Holden KarnofskyFeb 24, 2022, 4:34 PM

298 points

13 comments19 min readEA link

[Opzionale] Progetti di biosicurezza concreti (alcuni con grandi potenzialità)

EA ItalyJan 12, 2023, 3:06 AM

1 point

0 comments6 min readEA link

Impactful Projects and Organizations to Start—List of Lists

Alexandra BosApr 16, 2023, 5:11 PM

78 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

AGI safety field building projects I’d like to see

SeverinJan 24, 2023, 11:30 PM

25 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

On Changemakers Coordination Efforts

ontologicsApr 10, 2025, 8:16 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Research Resources and Questions for EAs Interested in Law

McGill EA x LawJan 10, 2023, 11:44 PM

4 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Ideas for AI labs: Reading list

Zach Stein-PerlmanApr 24, 2023, 7:00 PM

28 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Research agenda: Supervising AIs improving AIs

Quintin PopeApr 29, 2023, 5:09 PM

16 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Implications of animal “life satisfaction”

VictorWJan 2, 2025, 11:00 AM

9 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

The Charity Entrepreneurship top ideas new charity prediction market

CEMay 17, 2023, 2:30 PM

101 points

10 comments9 min readEA link

Let us know how psychology can help increase your impact

IngaOct 21, 2022, 10:32 AM

30 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

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