Research summary

TagLast edit: Jul 14, 2022, 5:49 PM by Leo

The research summary tag can be applied to any post which summarizes a research paper/article originally published outside of the EA Forum.

research methods | academia | impact assessment | metascience | research training programs | scientific progress | disentanglement research

Two directions for research on forecasting and decision making

Paal Fredrik Skjørten KvarbergMar 11, 2023, 3:33 PM

48 points

6 comments21 min readEA link

The best places to weather global catastrophes

FJehnMar 4, 2024, 7:57 AM

31 points

9 comments7 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

What factors allow societies to survive a crisis?

FJehnApr 9, 2024, 8:05 AM

23 points

1 comment10 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Trade collapse: Cascading risks in our global supply chains

FJehnApr 25, 2024, 7:02 AM

9 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Distillation and research debt

LizkaMar 15, 2022, 11:45 AM

69 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

(distill.pub)

Promoting immediate skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding for all newborns: an underappreciated intervention to reduce neonatal mortality

MarshallMar 28, 2025, 12:51 AM

77 points

6 comments26 min readEA link

Comparing top forecasters and domain experts

technicalitiesMar 6, 2022, 8:43 PM

210 points

40 comments3 min readEA link

Utilitarianism with and without expected utility

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 24, 2020, 6:40 AM

27 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

(davidmccarthy.org)

Critical summary of Meacham’s “Person-Affecting Views and Saturating Counterpart Relations”

Arden KoehlerJan 5, 2021, 2:18 AM

55 points

30 comments11 min readEA link

Resilient foods: How to feed everyone, even in the worst of times

FJehnDec 19, 2024, 11:12 AM

11 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Democratic Resilience

FJehnJul 26, 2024, 7:50 AM

22 points

3 comments8 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Short Research Summary: Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence by Gibbons et al. 2022

Meghan BarrettNov 22, 2022, 4:46 PM

217 points

23 comments3 min readEA link

(authors.elsevier.com)

The state of global catastrophic risk research

FJehnJul 22, 2025, 8:13 AM

31 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

(esd.copernicus.org)

The people’s history of collapse

FJehnAug 6, 2025, 8:09 AM

13 points

2 comments23 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

The trouble with tipping points: Are we steering towards a climate catastrophe or a manageable challenge?

FJehnJun 19, 2023, 8:57 AM

24 points

18 comments8 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

How long until recovery after collapse?

FJehnSep 24, 2024, 8:43 AM

12 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Simulating the end of the world: Exploring the current state of societal dynamics modeling

FJehnNov 15, 2023, 12:53 PM

11 points

2 comments10 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

How much food is there?

FJehnSep 2, 2024, 6:29 AM

40 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Mapping out collapse research

FJehnJun 7, 2023, 12:10 PM

18 points

2 comments11 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Which properties does the EA movement share with deep-time organisations?

FJehnAug 26, 2020, 10:59 AM

47 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

Counterfactual catastrophes

FJehnNov 20, 2024, 7:12 PM

14 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

The consequences of large-scale blackouts

FJehnOct 21, 2024, 6:12 AM

15 points

5 comments12 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Mini summaries of GPI papers

JackMNov 2, 2022, 10:33 PM

97 points

17 comments6 min readEA link

My notes on: A Very Rational End of the World | Thomas Moynihan

Vasco Grilo🔸Jun 20, 2022, 8:50 AM

13 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

The case for strong longtermism—June 2021 update

JackMJun 21, 2021, 9:30 PM

64 points

12 comments3 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Initial research on social movements & protest

JamesÖz 🔸Mar 28, 2022, 2:02 PM

39 points

6 comments12 min readEA link

Fewer but poorer: Benevolent partiality in prosocial preferences

David_MossJun 16, 2020, 7:54 AM

38 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(journal.sjdm.org)

The end of the Bronze Age as an example of a sudden collapse of civilization

FJehnOct 28, 2020, 12:55 PM

53 points

7 comments7 min readEA link

Preventing AI Misuse: State of the Art Research and its Flaws

Madhav MalhotraApr 23, 2023, 10:50 AM

24 points

2 comments11 min readEA link

PhD on Moral Progress—Bibliography Review

Rafael RuizDec 10, 2023, 10:06 AM

126 points

26 comments40 min readEA link

Paper summary: Are we living at the hinge of history? (William MacAskill)

Global Priorities InstituteMar 13, 2023, 6:05 PM

70 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Summary: Evidence, cluelessness and the long term | Hilary Greaves

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 15, 2022, 5:22 PM

6 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe (Summary)

LinchAug 2, 2019, 9:55 PM

154 points

18 comments4 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Large Study Examining the Effects of Cash Transfer Programs on Population-Level Mortality Rates

nshaff3rJun 2, 2023, 6:37 PM

47 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nature.com)

Summary: Against Anti-Fanaticism (Christian Tarsney)

Noah Varley🔸Jan 25, 2024, 3:04 PM

25 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (21 Aug − 27 Aug 22’)

Zoe WilliamsAug 30, 2022, 1:37 AM

144 points

14 comments11 min readEA link

Famine’s Role in Societal Collapse

FJehnOct 5, 2023, 6:19 AM

14 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Research Summary: Forecasting with Large Language Models

Damien LairdApr 2, 2023, 10:52 AM

4 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(damienlaird.substack.com)

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (27th Feb − 5th Mar 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMar 6, 2023, 3:18 AM

20 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

AI-nuclear integration: evidence of automation bias from humans and LLMs [research summary]

TaoApr 27, 2024, 9:59 PM

17 points

2 comments12 min readEA link

Summary: The Value of Giving Money to Different Groups | Toby Ord

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 10:33 AM

23 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Summary of ‘Sharing the World With Digital Minds’ by Carl Shulman and Nick Bostrom

David Mathers🔸Oct 7, 2022, 1:36 PM

35 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

Summary: Tiny Probabilities and the Value of the Far Future (Petra Kosonen)

Noah Varley🔸Feb 17, 2024, 2:11 PM

7 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Calling for Student Submissions: AI Safety Distillation Contest

a_e_rApr 23, 2022, 8:24 PM

102 points

28 comments3 min readEA link

My summary of “Pragmatic AI Safety”

Eleni_ANov 5, 2022, 2:47 PM

14 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Is Genetic Code Swapping as risky as it seems?

Invert_DOG_about_centre_OJan 12, 2025, 6:38 PM

23 points

2 comments10 min readEA link

Call For Distillers

johnswentworthApr 6, 2022, 3:03 AM

70 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

Summaries are underrated

Nathan YoungSep 1, 2022, 10:34 PM

53 points

24 comments8 min readEA link

Key Papers in Language Model Safety

aogJun 20, 2022, 2:59 PM

20 points

0 comments22 min readEA link

New Faunalytics Study on Reforming Animal Agriculture Subsidies: A Guide for Advocates

JLRiediJan 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

35 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (28th Nov − 4th Dec 22′)

Zoe WilliamsDec 6, 2022, 9:38 AM

36 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Should we tell people they are morally obligated to give to charity? [Recent Paper]

benleoFeb 21, 2023, 1:26 PM

81 points

23 comments4 min readEA link

Research summary: brain cell counts in Black Soldier Flies (Hermetia illucens; Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Rethink PrioritiesAug 15, 2022, 11:44 PM

67 points

2 comments14 min readEA link

(www.sciencedirect.com)

New Faunalytics Study on Animal Agriculture in Climate Change Media Coverage

JLRiediMay 31, 2023, 3:35 PM

24 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Final Report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI, 2021)

MichaelA🔸Jun 1, 2021, 8:19 AM

51 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

(www.nscai.gov)

Comparing Utilities

Habryka [Deactivated]Sep 15, 2020, 3:27 AM

20 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

An overview of WHO Prequalification: Process, usage, and potential improvements

Rethink PrioritiesJul 25, 2023, 12:04 AM

24 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

A summary of every Replacing Guilt post

AkashJun 30, 2022, 12:24 AM

129 points

5 comments10 min readEA link

Summary: Against the Singularity Hypothesis (David Thorstad)

Noah Varley🔸Mar 27, 2024, 1:48 PM

65 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

Utility Cascades

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 29, 2020, 7:16 AM

25 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

(academic.oup.com)

Research Summary: Prediction Polling

Damien LairdMar 13, 2023, 6:31 PM

8 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

(damienlaird.substack.com)

Mini GPI Paper Summaries (Sept 2023 - March 2024)

JackMMay 5, 2024, 9:20 PM

33 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Paper summary: The paralysis argument (William MacAskill and Andreas Mogensen)

Global Priorities InstituteDec 16, 2022, 4:12 PM

18 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (20th − 26th March 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMar 27, 2023, 8:46 PM

30 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Problem Profile of Mental Health in the Philippines

Rika GabrielFeb 8, 2021, 4:29 AM

13 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Paper Summary: The Effectiveness of AI Existential Risk Communication to the American and Dutch Public

OttoMar 9, 2023, 10:40 AM

97 points

11 comments4 min readEA link

Suggestion: EAs should post more summaries and collections

MichaelA🔸Mar 9, 2020, 10:04 AM

76 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

New intervention: paying farmers to not burn crops

Karthik TadepalliDec 22, 2022, 5:18 PM

88 points

6 comments12 min readEA link

‘The AI Dilemma: Growth vs Existential Risk’: An Extension for EAs and a Summary for Non-economists

TomHouldenApr 21, 2024, 4:28 PM

66 points

1 comment16 min readEA link

Literature review of TAI timelines

Jaime SevillaJan 27, 2023, 8:36 PM

148 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

(epochai.org)

Doing Good Badly? - Michael Plant’s thesis, Chapters 5,6 on Cause Prioritization

EdoAradMar 4, 2021, 4:57 PM

75 points

16 comments7 min readEA link

[Summary] Impacts of Animal Well‐Being and Welfare Media on Meat Demand

Michael St Jules 🔸Nov 5, 2020, 9:11 AM

40 points

11 comments6 min readEA link

Migraine studies

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 29, 2025, 5:59 PM

19 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Summary: The scope of longtermism

Global Priorities InstituteDec 18, 2023, 1:25 PM

52 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

Top Idea Reports from the EA Philippines Mental Health Charity Ideas Research Project

Shen JavierMay 24, 2023, 10:30 AM

43 points

4 comments6 min readEA link

Unveiling the American Public Opinion on AI Moratorium and Government Intervention: The Impact of Media Exposure

OttoMay 8, 2023, 10:49 AM

28 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

Summary and Takeaways: Hanson’s “Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?”

LizkaAug 25, 2021, 12:43 AM

38 points

12 comments14 min readEA link

CE Research Report: Aid Quality Advocacy

weeatquinceMar 16, 2022, 12:46 PM

39 points

0 comments31 min readEA link

Summaries of top forum posts (24th − 30th April 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMay 2, 2023, 2:30 AM

44 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

Animal Advocacy Digest #2 (Nov 18th—Dec 2nd)

JamesÖz 🔸Dec 2, 2022, 11:54 AM

31 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Biological Anchors external review by Jennifer Lin (linkpost)

peterhartreeNov 30, 2022, 1:06 PM

36 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Summaries of top forum posts (17th − 23rd April 2023)

Zoe WilliamsApr 24, 2023, 4:13 AM

26 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

‘Chat with impactful research & evaluations’ (Unjournal NotebookLMs)

david_reinsteinSep 24, 2024, 8:19 PM

8 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Animal Advocacy Digest #3: Dec 2nd—Dec 23rd

JamesÖz 🔸Dec 23, 2022, 1:02 PM

35 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Summary: Simulation expectation

Global Priorities InstituteSep 27, 2023, 10:58 AM

10 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Vox on cash transfers vs “graduation programs” for fighting extreme poverty

LizkaJul 7, 2022, 3:09 PM

29 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

(www.vox.com)

Summaries of top forum posts (27th March to 16th April)

Zoe WilliamsApr 17, 2023, 12:28 AM

31 points

1 comment12 min readEA link

Announcing Million Year View

rileyharrisSep 4, 2023, 7:09 AM

9 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Drawing attention to invasive Lymantria dispar dispar spongy moth outbreaks as an important, neglected issue in wild animal welfare

Meghan BarrettMay 28, 2023, 2:18 PM

93 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

2023: highlights from the year, from the EA Newsletter

LizkaJan 5, 2024, 9:57 PM

68 points

2 comments33 min readEA link

AI X-risk in the News: How Effective are Recent Media Items and How is Awareness Changing? Our New Survey Results.

OttoMay 4, 2023, 2:04 PM

49 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

Summary of Major Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Winter

IsabelJul 9, 2022, 6:23 AM

7 points

0 comments23 min readEA link

Summaries for 80k Hours Podcasts (and some other EA things)

TrishOct 23, 2022, 10:04 PM

27 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

Welfare Footprint Project—a blueprint for quantifying animal pain

Michael St Jules 🔸Jun 26, 2021, 8:05 PM

74 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Labor markets in LMICs (what we know about growth, part 3)

Karthik TadepalliFeb 12, 2024, 7:13 PM

56 points

2 comments8 min readEA link

A summary of every “Highlights from the Sequences” post

AkashJul 15, 2022, 11:05 PM

47 points

3 comments17 min readEA link

Summary: In Defence of Fanaticism (Hayden Wilkinson)

Noah Varley🔸Jan 15, 2024, 2:21 PM

30 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Deep Report on Diabetes

Joel Tan🔸Oct 6, 2023, 2:33 AM

28 points

45 comments3 min readEA link

Violence Before Agriculture

John G. HalsteadOct 2, 2023, 8:01 AM

143 points

7 comments9 min readEA link

Study results: The most convincing argument for effective donations

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jun 28, 2020, 10:45 PM

87 points

13 comments12 min readEA link

(schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com)

Research Summary: What works to promote charitable donations: A meta-review with meta-meta-analysis

PeterSlatteryJun 24, 2022, 1:33 AM

67 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

A Bayesian framework for interpreting impact evaluations

LizkaApr 28, 2022, 12:27 PM

23 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

Introducing the Animal Advocacy Bi-Weekly Digest (Nov 4 - Nov 18)

JamesÖz 🔸Nov 18, 2022, 2:56 PM

81 points

8 comments5 min readEA link

An Extremely Opinionated Annotated List of My Favourite Mechanistic Interpretability Papers

Neel NandaOct 18, 2022, 9:23 PM

19 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Announcing the Distillation for Alignment Practicum (DAP)

Jonas Hallgren 🔸Aug 18, 2022, 10:31 PM

20 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

When Giving People Money Doesn’t Help

Zvi Jul 8, 2022, 12:00 PM

45 points

4 comments10 min readEA link

Empathy and compassion toward other species decrease with evolutionary divergence time

David_MossFeb 21, 2020, 3:31 PM

48 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(www.nature.com)

Radical tactics can increase support for more moderate groups

JamesÖz 🔸Dec 16, 2022, 11:36 AM

92 points

18 comments15 min readEA link

Quantifying the probability of existential catastrophe: A reply to Beard et al.

MichaelA🔸Aug 10, 2020, 5:56 AM

21 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

(gcrinstitute.org)

GWWC is hiring a Research Communicator!

Giving What We Can🔸May 9, 2023, 11:32 PM

24 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Summary of Situational Awareness—The Decade Ahead

OscarD🔸Jun 8, 2024, 11:29 AM

143 points

5 comments18 min readEA link

Disruptive climate protests in the UK didn’t lead to a loss of public support for climate policies

JamesÖz 🔸Jun 20, 2022, 3:07 PM

34 points

4 comments18 min readEA link

Research summary: farmed cricket welfare

abrahamroweMar 6, 2024, 10:10 PM

112 points

3 comments15 min readEA link

Large Language Models as Fiduciaries to Humans

johnjnayJan 24, 2023, 7:53 PM

25 points

0 comments34 min readEA link

(papers.ssrn.com)

[EAG talk] The likelihood and severity of a US-Russia nuclear exchange (Rodriguez, 2019)

Will AldredJul 3, 2022, 1:53 PM

32 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

A summary of Nicholas Beckstead’s writing on Bayesian Ethics

Jaime SevillaSep 4, 2019, 9:44 AM

41 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Conclusion and Bibliography for “Understanding the diffusion of large language models”

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

12 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

Evidence on how cash transfers empower women in poverty

GiveDirectlyMar 8, 2023, 6:17 AM

106 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Mass media interventions’ high potential, and why they shouldn’t be overlooked: a practitioner’s perspective

AlexisAtFeb 7, 2025, 2:05 PM

13 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Summary: Communication Failure: The Hidden Face Of The Tragedy Of The Commons (Philippe Colo)

Noah Varley🔸Jun 28, 2024, 2:03 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Implications of Quantum Computing for Artificial Intelligence alignment research (ABRIDGED)

Jaime SevillaSep 5, 2019, 2:56 PM

25 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Changing the Rules to Soften Humanity’s Hard Landing: A Systemic Risk Approach to Everything Going Wrong at Once

Matt BoydJun 27, 2025, 9:44 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(adaptresearchwriting.com)

Summary of 80k’s AI problem profile

JakubKJan 1, 2023, 7:48 AM

19 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Can Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) producers displace fishmeal?

Rethink PrioritiesDec 17, 2024, 3:59 PM

58 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

AI-Safety Mexico: A Pilot Survey in Yucatán.

Janeth ValdiviaMay 28, 2025, 11:19 PM

5 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

Contrails: an underrated climate mitigation opportunity?

JuanGarciaDec 16, 2024, 7:15 PM

17 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Intermediate Report on Hypertension

Joel Tan🔸Apr 3, 2023, 3:54 AM

50 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

Mass Media, Propaganda, and Social Influence: Evidence of Effectiveness from Courchesne et al. (2021)

Janet PauketatJul 10, 2023, 8:10 PM

13 points

0 comments30 min readEA link

(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

Is CBT effective for poor households? Two recent papers (evaluated by The Unjournal) with contrasting results

david_reinsteinApr 17, 2023, 8:46 PM

38 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Newsletter for Alignment Research: The ML Safety Updates

Esben KranOct 22, 2022, 4:17 PM

30 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Deep Report on Hypertension

Joel Tan🔸Aug 1, 2023, 2:39 AM

67 points

32 comments3 min readEA link

Research summary: A Meta-Review of Interventions that Influence Animal-Product Consumption

PeterSlatteryAug 13, 2021, 6:46 AM

44 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Twenty Year Economic Impacts of Deworming

SamiMAug 22, 2020, 12:40 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

AI Wellbeing

Simon Jul 11, 2023, 12:34 AM

11 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

Future Bias – Does Tomorrow’s Pain Hurt More Than Yesterday’s?

jachym_simkoJan 18, 2025, 1:12 PM

6 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

How much parenting harms productivity and how you can reduce it

Noah Varley🔸Feb 25, 2024, 2:13 PM

85 points

25 comments3 min readEA link

Climate change donation recommendations

SanjayJul 16, 2020, 9:17 PM

46 points

7 comments14 min readEA link

Decentralizing Model Evaluation: Lessons from AI4Math

SMalagonJun 5, 2025, 6:57 PM

22 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Immigration and Crime In The United States

Lauren GilbertDec 10, 2024, 5:56 PM

12 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.laurenpolicy.com)

Distillation of The Offense-Defense Balance of Scientific Knowledge

Arjun YadavAug 12, 2022, 7:01 AM

17 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (24 − 30th Oct 22′)

Zoe WilliamsNov 1, 2022, 2:58 AM

23 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

Road to AnimalHarmBench

Artūrs KaņepājsJul 1, 2025, 1:37 PM

134 points

11 comments7 min readEA link

Summary: High risk, low reward: A challenge to the astronomical value of existential risk mitigation

Global Priorities InstituteSep 12, 2023, 4:31 PM

70 points

20 comments5 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

CE Research Report: Road Traffic Safety

vicky_coxMar 7, 2022, 12:45 PM

61 points

13 comments38 min readEA link

Considerations on transformative AI and explosive growth from a semiconductor-industry perspective

MuireallMay 31, 2023, 1:11 AM

23 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(muireall.space)

Paper summary: A Paradox for Tiny Probabilities and Enormous Values (Nick Beckstead and Teruji Thomas)

Global Priorities InstituteJul 21, 2022, 3:23 PM

43 points

7 comments7 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

#205 – The most insane things fish can do (Sébastien Moro on The 80,000 Hours Podcast)

80000_HoursOct 24, 2024, 7:27 PM

51 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

How hard to achieve is eutopia?

William_MacAskillAug 6, 2025, 5:43 PM

56 points

11 comments7 min readEA link

Climate Change and Emerging Fungal Infections: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities

emmannaemekaJun 23, 2023, 3:19 PM

7 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

(journals.plos.org)

The 25 researchers who have published the largest number of academic articles on existential risk

FJehnAug 12, 2023, 8:57 AM

34 points

21 comments4 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

Existential Risk of Misaligned Intelligence Augmentation (Particularly Using High-Bandwidth BCI Implants)

Damian GorskiJan 24, 2023, 5:02 PM

1 point

0 comments9 min readEA link

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (23rd − 29th Jan ’23)

Zoe WilliamsJan 31, 2023, 12:36 AM

16 points

0 comments13 min readEA link

What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking

JLRiediDec 26, 2024, 5:15 PM

32 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

Article Summary: Current and Near-Term AI as a Potential Existential Risk Factor

AndreFerrettiJun 7, 2023, 1:53 PM

12 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(dl.acm.org)

Concepts of existential catastrophe (Hilary Greaves)

Global Priorities InstituteNov 9, 2023, 5:42 PM

41 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Which Post Idea Is Most Effective?

Jordan ArelApr 25, 2022, 4:47 AM

26 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

Report: Evaluating an AI Chip Registration Policy

Deric ChengApr 12, 2024, 4:40 AM

15 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(www.convergenceanalysis.org)

Information in risky technology races

nemeryxuAug 2, 2022, 11:35 PM

15 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Humane & Sustainable Food Lab: 2024 in review

MMathur🔸Dec 16, 2024, 1:33 PM

28 points

6 comments7 min readEA link

Differential technology development: preprint on the concept

Hamish_HobbsSep 12, 2022, 1:52 PM

65 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Paper summary: Staking our future: deontic long-termism and the non-identity problem (Andreas Mogensen)

Global Priorities InstituteJun 7, 2022, 1:14 PM

25 points

6 comments6 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Remittance Hell in Paradise

CBJan 26, 2024, 12:35 PM

3 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Types of information hazards

Vasco Grilo🔸May 29, 2022, 2:30 PM

15 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

[Feedback Request] Problem Profile of Mental Health in the Philippines

Rika GabrielDec 20, 2020, 8:04 AM

33 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

The EA’s guide to Moral Ambition

OGTutzauer🔸Jun 3, 2025, 9:06 AM

87 points

17 comments6 min readEA link

Eradicating rodenticides from U.S. pest management is less practical than we thought

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸Mar 24, 2023, 9:11 PM

78 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(osf.io)

Effective altruism as a lifestyle movement (A Master’s Thesis)

Ada-Maaria HyvärinenNov 6, 2022, 11:50 AM

39 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

EJOR special issue on role of operational research in future pandemics

wesgAug 17, 2022, 1:34 PM

21 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.sciencedirect.com)

Who Supports Animal Rights?

zdgroffJul 29, 2019, 10:58 AM

34 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Measuring happiness increases happiness

Alexander Herwix 🔸Apr 15, 2020, 3:08 PM

8 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(link.springer.com)

Grokking “Forecasting TAI with biological anchors”

ansonJun 6, 2022, 6:56 PM

43 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

Unexpected Global Response to WFF Study on Trout Slaughter and Welfare Impact

jan pavuk helpingJul 16, 2025, 9:16 PM

19 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Summary: Longtermism, Aggregation, and Catastrophic Risk (Emma J. Curran)

Noah Varley🔸Mar 7, 2024, 2:31 PM

24 points

7 comments7 min readEA link

EU farmed fish policy reform roadmap

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Aug 22, 2023, 7:00 PM

95 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

Effective Altruism, Disaster Prevention, and the Possibility of Hell: A Dilemma for Secular Longtermists

Mattheww🔸Mar 29, 2025, 5:43 PM

12 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

Short agony or long ache: comparing sources of suffering that differ in duration and intensity

cynthiaschuckFeb 21, 2024, 4:58 PM

98 points

23 comments20 min readEA link

An entire category of risks is undervalued by EA [Summary of previous forum post]

Richard RSep 5, 2022, 3:07 PM

79 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

Summaries: Alignment Fundamentals Curriculum

Leon LangSep 19, 2022, 3:43 PM

25 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

How To Help Neglected Animals

Bentham's BulldogMay 13, 2025, 3:05 PM

64 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

AI and Evolution

Dan HMar 30, 2023, 1:09 PM

41 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(arxiv.org)

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (20th − 26th Feb 2023)

Zoe WilliamsFeb 27, 2023, 3:46 AM

29 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

The best evidence about what matters most for well-being

BenefitOfTheDoubtMay 30, 2025, 4:10 PM

17 points

1 comment10 min readEA link

Detection of Asymptomatically Spreading Pathogens

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Dec 5, 2024, 7:17 PM

52 points

6 comments7 min readEA link

How does a basic income affect recipients during COVID-19?

GiveDirectlySep 3, 2020, 11:01 AM

19 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

A Paradox for Tiny Probabilities and Enormous Values

Global Priorities InstituteJul 1, 2021, 7:00 AM

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

A brief explanation of the Myanmar coup

Timothy_LiptrotFeb 2, 2021, 3:47 PM

32 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Research Summary: Prediction Markets

Damien LairdMar 22, 2023, 5:07 PM

3 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(damienlaird.substack.com)

Animal Welfare − 6 Months in 6 Minutes

Zoe WilliamsFeb 8, 2023, 9:45 PM

145 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

Some preliminary notes towards a real Cost-Benefit analysis of prisons

Philosophy BearMar 19, 2023, 2:34 AM

8 points

2 comments12 min readEA link

(philosophybear.substack.com)

Beliefs About Chickens & Fish And Their Relationship To Animal-Positive Behaviors

Casey RiordanNov 11, 2020, 5:04 PM

11 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

Forecasting Biosecurity Risks from LLMs

Forecasting Research InstituteJul 1, 2025, 12:43 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(forecastingresearch.org)

Mental Health Report (CEARCH) [Executive Summary]

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:16 PM

41 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

Lessons from the past for our global civilization

FJehnAug 10, 2023, 9:54 AM

4 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

The Decreasing Value of Chain of Thought in Prompting

Matrice JacobineJun 8, 2025, 3:11 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(papers.ssrn.com)

[Link] Discounting for uncertainty in health

Owen Cotton-BarrattMay 7, 2015, 6:43 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

RyanCareyJul 4, 2019, 7:06 PM

10 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

(www.sciencedirect.com)

The Impact of Protest On Animal Advocacy

Björn 🔹Jun 16, 2025, 3:22 PM

35 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Stone Age Herbalist’s notes on ant warfare and slavery

trevor1Nov 9, 2024, 2:42 AM

6 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(x.com)

AI Safety Bounties

PatrickLAug 24, 2023, 2:30 PM

37 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

Plain(er) English Rewrite of ‘Discounting for Public Policy: A Survey’ by Hilary Greaves

jojo_leeApr 26, 2020, 3:34 AM

13 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Summary: “Imagining and building wise machines: The centrality of AI metacognition” by Johnson, Karimi, Bengio, et al.

Chris LeongJun 5, 2025, 12:16 PM

12 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

(arxiv.org)

Paper summary: The case for strong longtermism (Hilary Greaves and William MacAskill)

Global Priorities InstituteApr 29, 2022, 3:52 PM

43 points

27 comments4 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Reducing LLM deception at scale with self-other overlap fine-tuning

Marc CarauleanuMar 13, 2025, 7:09 PM

8 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Summary: The Importance of End-of-Life Welfare | Browning & Veit

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 10:19 AM

7 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Opzionale] La possibilità di una Catastrofe Morale in atto (Riassunto)

EA ItalyDec 31, 2022, 4:17 AM

1 point

0 comments5 min readEA link

Grokking “Semi-informative priors over AI timelines”

ansonJun 12, 2022, 10:15 PM

60 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

Is the Far Future Irrelevant for Moral Decision-Making?

Tristan DOct 1, 2024, 7:42 AM

35 points

31 comments2 min readEA link

(www.sciencedirect.com)

New Faunalytics Economic Analysis of the Chicken, Egg, and Fish Industries in USA, China, and Brazil

JLRiediSep 27, 2023, 4:33 PM

18 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

New Faunalytics’ Study On The Barriers And Strategies For Success When Going Vegan or Vegetarian

JLRiediSep 7, 2022, 4:20 PM

42 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

Which Image Do You Prefer?: a study of visual communication in six African countries

Cullen 🔸Dec 3, 2018, 6:38 AM

12 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(perma.cc)

Why I Think All The Species Of Significantly Debated Consciousness Are Conscious And Suffer Intensely

Bentham's BulldogNov 20, 2024, 4:11 PM

65 points

26 comments33 min readEA link

Discovering Language Model Behaviors with Model-Written Evaluations

evhubDec 20, 2022, 8:09 PM

25 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(www.anthropic.com)

Sleep loss leads to the withdrawal of human helping across individuals, groups, and large-scale societies

Akash KulgodAug 31, 2022, 7:18 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(journals.plos.org)

Summary: When should an effective altruist donate? (William MacAskill)

Global Priorities InstituteJul 4, 2023, 1:37 PM

45 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Predicting Virus Relative Abundance in Wastewater

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Aug 10, 2023, 3:46 PM

46 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

(naobservatory.org)

The Economic Lives of the Poor

cole_hausNov 20, 2019, 9:17 PM

32 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

International AI Institutions: a literature review of models, examples, and proposals

MMMaasSep 26, 2023, 3:26 PM

53 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Research summary: farmed yellow mealworm welfare

abrahamroweJan 3, 2024, 5:45 PM

70 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (12 − 18 Sep 22’)

Zoe WilliamsSep 19, 2022, 5:06 AM

34 points

2 comments13 min readEA link

Paper summary: Moral demands and the far future (Andreas Mogensen)

Global Priorities InstituteApr 29, 2022, 3:54 PM

21 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Abundance Estimates of Three Wild Populations

Rethink PrioritiesOct 28, 2024, 8:26 PM

62 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

Beware Isolated Demands for Rigor (Alexander, 2014)

Will AldredJul 18, 2022, 11:48 AM

48 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(slatestarcodex.com)

[Linkpost] Shorter version of report on existential risk from power-seeking AI

Joe_CarlsmithMar 22, 2023, 6:06 PM

49 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Summary of John Halstead’s Book-Length Report on Existential Risks From Climate Change

Bentham's BulldogJun 25, 2025, 3:13 PM

53 points

10 comments22 min readEA link

GPT-2 as step toward general intelligence (Alexander, 2019)

Will AldredJul 18, 2022, 4:14 PM

42 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Giving AIs safe motivations

Joe_CarlsmithAug 18, 2025, 6:02 PM

22 points

1 comment51 min readEA link

Paper summary––Protecting future generations: A global survey of legal academics

rileyharrisSep 5, 2023, 10:29 AM

25 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(www.legalpriorities.org)

A new strategy for broadening the appeal of effective giving (GivingMultiplier.org)

Lucius CaviolaOct 26, 2020, 11:18 PM

190 points

13 comments7 min readEA link

Priority review vouchers for tropical diseases: Impact, distribution, effectiveness, and potential improvements

Rethink PrioritiesJan 2, 2024, 9:48 PM

30 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

Kotlikoff et al., ‘Making Carbon Taxation a Generational Win Win’

Matt_LernerNov 24, 2019, 4:27 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

AI Safety − 7 months of discussion in 17 minutes

Zoe WilliamsMar 15, 2023, 11:41 PM

90 points

2 comments17 min readEA link

Most Efficient Message Framing to Promote Charitable Giving [Literature Review Report]

Zoé Roy-StangMay 14, 2023, 2:26 PM

14 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

A write-up on the biosecurity landscape in China

Chloe LeeApr 8, 2023, 3:47 AM

82 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

When will AI automate all mental work, and how fast?

A.G.G. LiuMay 31, 2025, 4:18 PM

10 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(youtu.be)

Giving Multiplier Paper

JMonty🔸Jan 28, 2023, 7:06 PM

34 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.science.org)

New podcast episode: Forecasting the future of global health funding

GiveWellJun 26, 2025, 9:29 PM

16 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[linkpost] AI NOW Institute’s 2023 Annual Report & Roadmap

Tristan WilliamsApr 12, 2023, 8:00 PM

9 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(ainowinstitute.org)

Implications of large language model diffusion for AI governance

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

14 points

0 comments38 min readEA link

Short summary of What We Owe The Future

finmFeb 12, 2023, 4:27 PM

29 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

(finmoorhouse.com)

Narrative but Not Philosophical Argument Motivates Giving to Charity

Jon_BeharNov 26, 2018, 6:18 PM

13 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com)

New article from Oren Etzioni

Aryeh EnglanderFeb 25, 2020, 3:38 PM

24 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Investigating the scope of consumer-initiated genetic testing in the US

37aaronApr 29, 2022, 8:00 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

Summary of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s “Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks”

Damin Curtis🔹Nov 7, 2023, 6:19 PM

5 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

Comparing the Effect of Rational and Emotional Appeals on Donation Behavior

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 26, 2020, 12:24 AM

23 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(philpapers.org)

An expert survey on social movements and protest

JamesÖz 🔸Jul 12, 2023, 2:08 PM

93 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

AI Safety For Dummies (Like Me)

Madhav MalhotraAug 24, 2022, 8:26 PM

22 points

7 comments20 min readEA link

Summary: Maximal Cluelessness (Andreas Mogensen)

Noah Varley🔸Feb 6, 2024, 2:49 PM

40 points

17 comments4 min readEA link

Famine, Affluence and Morality [Link Post to PDF]

Nathan YoungAug 29, 2022, 4:00 PM

23 points

4 comments16 min readEA link

(www.google.com)

Paper summary: The Epistemic Challenge to Longtermism (Christian Tarsney)

Global Priorities InstituteOct 11, 2022, 11:29 AM

39 points

5 comments4 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Analysis: Which animal products cause the most animal suffering and deaths in the United States?

Casey RiordanSep 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

65 points

8 comments11 min readEA link

The trajectory of the future could soon get set in stone

William_MacAskillAug 11, 2025, 11:04 AM

37 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (6th − 12th March 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMar 14, 2023, 3:01 AM

15 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

The Mariel Boatlift

Lauren GilbertNov 30, 2024, 9:39 PM

40 points

10 comments10 min readEA link

(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

Rational Animations’ video about scalable oversight and sandwiching

WriterJul 6, 2025, 2:00 PM

14 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

(youtu.be)

Animal welfare in the United States: Opportunities for impact

Animal AskMay 22, 2024, 8:57 AM

31 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.animalask.org)

Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.

deanspearsApr 14, 2021, 12:48 AM

114 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

(deanspears.medium.com)

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (14th Nov − 27th Nov 22′)

Zoe WilliamsNov 29, 2022, 10:59 PM

22 points

0 comments20 min readEA link

AI alignment research links

Holden KarnofskyJan 6, 2022, 5:52 AM

16 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

(www.cold-takes.com)

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (28 Aug − 3 Sep 22’)

Zoe WilliamsSep 6, 2022, 10:46 AM

42 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

Summary of and thoughts on “Dark Skies” by Daniel Deudney

Cody_FenwickDec 31, 2022, 8:28 PM

42 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (13th − 19th March 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMar 20, 2023, 4:18 AM

31 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

Antimicrobial surfaces for pandemic prevention

kirkeNov 16, 2024, 4:33 PM

17 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

(k1rk3.github.io)

Psychology research identifying a bias against harm reduction

emre kaplan🔸May 16, 2025, 9:36 AM

19 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(journals.sagepub.com)

Potential strategies for improving EA-related research distillation, recruitment, and pedagogy

KatrinaMar 17, 2022, 5:32 PM

8 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

My notes on: Searching for outliers

Vasco Grilo🔸Jun 3, 2022, 4:19 PM

9 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Review: What works to promote charitable donations?

PeterSlatteryAug 24, 2020, 1:42 AM

38 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

The illusion of science in comparative cognition

gavintaylorNov 2, 2019, 7:17 PM

27 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(psyarxiv.com)

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (5 − 11 Sep 22’)

Zoe WilliamsSep 12, 2022, 11:21 PM

36 points

0 comments13 min readEA link

Charity Entrepreneurship’s research into large-scale global health interventions

Ambitious ImpactMay 16, 2023, 11:51 AM

77 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Summary: Training Effective Altruism (Mehmood et al.)

Noah Varley🔸Mar 20, 2024, 5:54 PM

28 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Second-wave endogenous growth models and automation

trammellMay 11, 2025, 4:14 AM

59 points

8 comments6 min readEA link

How to Incubate Self-Driven Individuals (for Leaders and Community Builders)

Per Ivar FriborgAug 5, 2022, 2:36 PM

51 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

Climate anomalies and societal collapse

FJehnFeb 8, 2024, 9:49 AM

13 points

6 comments10 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

What’s Changing With the New Forum?

Aaron Gertler 🔸Nov 7, 2018, 11:09 PM

19 points

15 comments4 min readEA link

Effectiveness of antimalarial bed nets with chlorfenapyr

Scott Smith 🔸Dec 11, 2024, 12:34 PM

57 points

0 comments21 min readEA link

Should We Try to Change Animal Welfare Laws in India or Taiwan?- Charity Entrepreneurship’s Approach Report

vicky_coxJan 8, 2020, 6:45 PM

27 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

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

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 18, 2022, 1:10 PM

15 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Civilizational vulnerabilities

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 9:37 AM

7 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

 Book Post: The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism

Kyle J. Lucchese 🔸Feb 8, 2023, 10:35 PM

41 points

43 comments4 min readEA link

(www.amazon.com)

A rough and incomplete review of some of John Wentworth’s research

So8resMar 28, 2023, 6:52 PM

27 points

0 comments18 min readEA link

Summary: Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existential Risk (David Thorstad)

Noah Varley🔸Apr 10, 2024, 2:21 PM

62 points

23 comments4 min readEA link

New Faunalytics Study on Chinese Consumers’ Attitudes Towards Farmed Animal Welfare

JLRiediOct 26, 2022, 5:21 PM

32 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

How meat-free meal selection varies with menu options: an exploration (edited)

Sagar K ShahFeb 14, 2023, 11:51 AM

65 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

(rethinkpriorities.org)

EA & LW Forum Summaries—Holiday Edition (19th Dec − 8th Jan)

Zoe WilliamsJan 9, 2023, 9:06 PM

24 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

The Industrial Explosion

rosehadsharJun 26, 2025, 2:41 PM

39 points

1 comment15 min readEA link

(www.forethought.org)

My notes on: Sequence thinking vs. cluster thinking

Vasco Grilo🔸May 25, 2022, 3:03 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Can a Vegan Diet Be Healthy? A Literature Review

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Mar 12, 2021, 12:47 PM

65 points

21 comments11 min readEA link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

doebem: Cause Prioritization Research in Brazil (2023/2024)

Gisele FiorApr 29, 2024, 11:39 PM

31 points

4 comments6 min readEA link

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