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[Question] What wheels do EAs and rationalists reinvent?

Arepo17 Oct 2024 4:42 UTC

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Open Thread: October—December 2023

Lizka10 Oct 2023 13:10 UTC

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[Question] Who wants to be hired? (Feb-May 2024)

Toby Tremlett🔹31 Jan 2024 11:01 UTC

62 points

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Open thread: October—December 2024

Toby Tremlett🔹30 Sep 2024 14:43 UTC

12 points

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What posts would you like someone to write?

Toby Tremlett🔹29 Sep 2025 12:49 UTC

20 points

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[Question] Is There Actually a Standard or Convincing Response to David Thorstad’s Criticisms of the Value of X-Risk Reduction and of Longtermism?

David Mathers🔸21 May 2025 11:58 UTC

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[Question] Thoughts on Pandora’s Gamble? (Book on GCBR/Covid origins by Alison Young)

SiebeRozendal23 Aug 2023 12:42 UTC

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[Question] Does anyone have a good system for prioritising publishing drafts?

Will Howard🔹6 Jun 2025 16:55 UTC

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[Question] How much pressure do you feel against externally expressing views which do not conform to those of your manager or organisation?

Vasco Grilo🔸10 Feb 2024 9:05 UTC

60 points

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(Forum) Appreciation Thread

Manuel Allgaier1 Apr 2025 16:55 UTC

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[Question] What’s up with the bristlemouth, the most populous fish?

Bentham's Bulldog8 Dec 2024 16:58 UTC

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[Question] What is the counterfactual value of different AI Safety professionals?

PabloAMC 🔸3 Jul 2024 14:38 UTC

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[Question] What posts are you thinking about writing?

Toby Tremlett🔹4 Mar 2024 9:09 UTC

38 points

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Donation Celebration Post

Toby Tremlett🔹23 Dec 2024 7:41 UTC

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[Question] Typesetting / Paper designer recs

Kaleem5 Mar 2025 13:43 UTC

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[Question] (More) recommendations for non-technical readings on AI?

Joseph25 Sep 2025 1:12 UTC

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[Question] Is there any work on cause prioritization that takes into account timelines being worldview-dependent?

Chris Leong31 Oct 2023 2:25 UTC

13 points

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[Question] Where To Give To Movement Building?

Bentham's Bulldog5 Nov 2025 21:43 UTC

22 points

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AMA: Ask Career Advisors Anything

Toby Tremlett🔹21 Jul 2025 8:02 UTC

72 points

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[Question] Should Open Philanthropy build detailed quantitative models which estimate global catastrophic risk?

Vasco Grilo🔸10 Apr 2024 17:17 UTC

11 points

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Ways the world is getting better—discussion thread

Toby Tremlett🔹20 Jan 2025 8:34 UTC

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[Question] What is AI Safety’s line of retreat?

Remmelt28 Jul 2024 5:43 UTC

4 points

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[Question] How well are university groups doing post-FTX?

Chris Leong11 Feb 2024 6:39 UTC

21 points

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[Question] What do we know about Mustafa Suleyman’s position on AI Safety?

Chris Leong13 Aug 2023 19:41 UTC

14 points

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[Question] How would your project use extra funding? (Marginal Funding Week)

Lizka14 Nov 2023 16:58 UTC

53 points

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[Question] Is a “cause balanced” EAF front page possible?

Benevolent_Rain30 May 2025 4:26 UTC

5 points

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[Question] Should the main text of the write-ups of Open Philanthropy’s large grants be longer than 1 paragraph?

Vasco Grilo🔸31 Mar 2024 9:04 UTC

55 points

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What posts are you thinking about writing?

Toby Tremlett🔹29 Sep 2025 12:53 UTC

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[Question] What’s the current state of COVID-19 in the developing world?

Eevee🔹20 Dec 2023 5:04 UTC

10 points

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Discussion Thread: AI Welfare Debate Week

Toby Tremlett🔹2 Jul 2024 10:11 UTC

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[Question] High impact charities in Gaza or Israel?

JoelMcGuire17 Oct 2023 0:37 UTC

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[Question] What posts would you like someone to write?

Toby Tremlett🔹27 Feb 2024 10:30 UTC

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[Question] Where did the EA / Clinton Health Access Initiative connection come from?

NickLaing7 Mar 2025 8:31 UTC

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[Question] Is there any overview over considerations that impact cause prioritization?

Benevolent_Rain23 Aug 2024 8:55 UTC

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[Question] Donating more and better is the best strategy to maximise impact for the vast majority of people working in impact-focussed organisations?

Vasco Grilo🔸10 Mar 2025 18:01 UTC

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[Question] Effective giving initiatives should not assume the best animal and human welfare interventions are equally cost-effective?

Vasco Grilo🔸18 Feb 2025 17:47 UTC

5 points

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Open thread: January—March 2024

Lizka2 Jan 2024 4:41 UTC

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[Question] Who looked into extreme nuclear meltdowns?

Remmelt1 Sep 2024 21:38 UTC

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[Question] What would your organisation do with extra funding?

Will Howard🔹17 Nov 2025 7:42 UTC

32 points

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[Question] What posts would you like someone to write?

Toby Tremlett🔹5 Feb 2025 10:33 UTC

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[Question] What predictions from theoretical AI Safety research have been confirmed by empirical work?

freedomandutility29 Dec 2024 8:19 UTC

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[Question] Does anyone have up to date estimates on the most effective charities helping chickens?

Bentham's Bulldog12 Dec 2024 19:57 UTC

41 points

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[Question] Universe can’t be a simulation?

Denkenberger🔸10 Nov 2025 20:00 UTC

9 points

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[Question] What posts are you thinking about writing?

Toby Tremlett🔹5 Feb 2025 10:32 UTC

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[Question] New Year’s Thread: What do you want to achieve this year?

Toby Tremlett🔹1 Jan 2025 4:07 UTC

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Emma’s Quick takes

Emma_218 Sep 2025 19:34 UTC

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[Question] Strongest real-world examples supporting AI risk claims?

rosehadshar5 Sep 2023 15:11 UTC

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[Question] What apps or methods have helped you budget so you know how much you can give?

Alana HF18 Dec 2024 14:41 UTC

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What kind of evidence would change your mind on capitalism*?

Friso2 Apr 2024 19:23 UTC

24 points

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[Question] Who are the best people you know at using LLMs for productivity?

Alejandro Acelas 🔸22 Jun 2025 11:20 UTC

6 points

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A Mission Framework for an Emerging Consciousness

Simón The Gardener8 Aug 2025 15:36 UTC

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[Question] Rounding Up Effectively at Supermarkets

Danny Lipsitz 🔸 🌱26 Jan 2024 1:13 UTC

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I. Starting Small

Maynk0211 Oct 2023 21:44 UTC

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[Question] Are you living in accordance with your stated AI timelines?

CyrilB3 Feb 2025 17:19 UTC

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[Question] Examples of Corrupt Charities

Franklin Jack27 Oct 2023 17:53 UTC

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[Question] Common rebuttal to “pausing” or regulating AI

sammyboiz🔸22 May 2024 4:21 UTC

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[Question] Introducing EA in a non-EA nonprofit

Jeltsje Boersma21 May 2025 12:24 UTC

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[Question] [Seeking Advice] 19y/o deciding whether to drop dentistry double major for single CS major to save 4 years and focus on AI risks

jackchang11022 Nov 2025 15:32 UTC

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[Question] Should 80,000 Hours Consider Putting Ads on its Newsletters?

Noah Varley🔸14 Feb 2024 15:46 UTC

3 points

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[Question] Software Options for Program Management

Lev Heller28 Oct 2025 20:44 UTC

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[Question] I’ve just got a senior position at an EA affiliated org. Where can I find a mentor?

Sentient Toucan11 Nov 2023 9:54 UTC

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[Question] Is it an Exceptionally Good Time for a “Third Major Political Party” in the US?

ivn3 Dec 2024 11:04 UTC

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[Question] Do you have a duty to point out another’s cognitive bias?

davidps29 Mar 2024 10:13 UTC

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[Question] What’s the best way to get a sense of the day-to-day activities of different researchers/research directions? (AI Governance)

Luise27 May 2024 12:48 UTC

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Finding an article about best living standards to earning to give

Zack Zalvaro22 Nov 2023 5:12 UTC

1 point

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[Question] is this golfist repulsive?

Mikolaj Kniejski17 Oct 2025 18:29 UTC

3 points

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[Question] How Does 10% Pledge Work When Married

satelliteprocess28 Mar 2025 15:34 UTC

6 points

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[Question] Share what GWWC and the 10% Pledge has meant to you

Giving What We Can🔸18 Nov 2024 5:47 UTC

67 points

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[Question] Does a Seattle area EA-focused charity evaluator exist? In general is this kind of locally-focused organization valuable?

Altar25 Oct 2024 12:21 UTC

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[Question] Am I missing US government-level broiler chicken welfare initiatives?

AxellePB 🔹29 May 2025 16:03 UTC

17 points

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Open thread: July—September 2024

Toby Tremlett🔹1 Jul 2024 10:12 UTC

10 points

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The Two-Track Workforce: Automating High-Impact Roles Faster

teatonglu27 Jun 2025 23:08 UTC

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[Question] What novel, actionable advice does longtermism offer?

Yarrow Bouchard 🔸19 Apr 2024 5:34 UTC

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[Question] Will you fund a fungi surveillance study?

Nnaemeka Emmanuel Nnadi7 Sep 2023 20:42 UTC

7 points

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Scaling Your Nonprofit Operations: 5 Expert Tips + Register for the Webinar

Deena Englander29 Jul 2025 20:25 UTC

6 points

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[Question] Norway/Singapore Down-Under Project

Franklin Jack2 Aug 2025 1:18 UTC

1 point

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Fundraising & Marketing Webinar Recap: The Takeaways from Our Experts

Deena Englander7 Nov 2025 16:32 UTC

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[Question] Is a PhD right for me?

Franklin Jack7 May 2024 1:29 UTC

1 point

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[Question] How bad would AI progress need to be for us to think general technological progress is also bad?

Jim Buhler6 Jul 2024 18:44 UTC

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What solvable problems are slowing down EA work?

James-Hartree-Law3 Feb 2025 20:47 UTC

7 points

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[Question] Is There a Project Tracking System in EA?

Aaron Graifman26 Nov 2023 17:34 UTC

12 points

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[Question] What posts does the EA Forum appreciate, and what posts does it need more of?

Noah Varley🔸29 Dec 2023 17:06 UTC

11 points

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Dynamic Role Allocation: A Scalable System for Maximizing Societal Impact

teatonglu27 Jun 2025 23:04 UTC

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[Question] Why aren’t we promoting social media awareness of x-risks?

Max Niederman🔸9 Jun 2025 14:22 UTC

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[Question] Help us shape programs and resources

Maria Amelia Pereira1 Sep 2025 20:52 UTC

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[Question] How to estimate the probability of moral assertions?

lamparita10 Feb 2025 14:36 UTC

14 points

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[Question] What is the most effective animal charity among those recommended by animal charity evaluators?

S6 Feb 2025 20:14 UTC

9 points

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[Question] In the absence of advanced medical interventions, would the impact of infectious diseases on human society increase overtime?

Kinoshita Yoshikazu (pseudonym)18 Aug 2023 13:19 UTC

4 points

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[Question] EA Aligned Coworking Spaces in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Mexico in particular): With or Without Local Members?

SMalagon20 Feb 2024 22:44 UTC

1 point

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[Question] Why can’t we accept the human condition as it existed in 2010?

Hayven Frienby9 Jan 2024 18:02 UTC

35 points

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[Question] Transitioning from Battery Cages: How Can Farmers Access Support for Humane Poultry Systems?

Nnaemeka Emmanuel Nnadi13 Oct 2024 2:20 UTC

52 points

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[Question] Indirect effects in longtermism

mal_graham🔸14 Sep 2025 13:43 UTC

52 points

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[Question] Trade Between Altruists With Different AI Timelines?

Spiarrow18 Mar 2025 17:53 UTC

3 points

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[Question] Seeking High-Impact Project Ideas for Consultancy Firm

Arie Pille10 Sep 2024 12:26 UTC

11 points

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[Question] How confident are you that it’s preferable for America to develop AGI before China does?

ScienceMon🔸22 Feb 2025 13:37 UTC

218 points

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[Question] What’s your experience with elitism in EA? [Survey]

Yi-Yang16 Jun 2025 1:04 UTC

119 points

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[Question] Do you reject axiological hedonism, and what evidence is there for any alternative view?

Nunik19 Jan 2025 15:18 UTC

14 points

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Ultimate Update: A Centralised Knowledge Hub to Prevent Outdated Information Risks

teatonglu27 Jun 2025 23:12 UTC

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[Question] Resources for helping make life/career decision?

warrenjordan18 Oct 2023 17:24 UTC

4 points

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[Question] Can AI safely exist at all?

Hayven Frienby27 Nov 2023 17:33 UTC

6 points

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Open thread: 2025 Q4 (October—December)

Toby Tremlett🔹30 Sep 2025 21:57 UTC

9 points

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Thread for Sense-Making on Recent Murders and How to Sanely Respond

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️31 Jan 2025 21:53 UTC

2 points

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[Question] THL v THL UK

Michael_2358 🔸22 Dec 2024 0:29 UTC

40 points

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[Question] Exercise for ‘Our Final Century?’

EA Handbook5 Dec 2023 18:26 UTC

11 points

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[Question] Got two postgrad offers—which should I choose?

rl100428 Feb 2025 17:59 UTC

4 points

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[Question] How much (more) data do we need to claim extreme cost-effectiveness?

Niek Versteegde, founder GOAL 31 Oct 2024 12:36 UTC

28 points

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[Question] Which charity event should my organisation sponsor this year?

Dim Sum24 May 2024 14:52 UTC

8 points

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AI Agents’ Accidental Architects of Chaos: The Dangers of Interacting Systems

Hugo Wong12 May 2025 7:58 UTC

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[Question] How does The Gates Foundation closing in 2045 affect the funding landscape?

JDLC15 May 2025 12:57 UTC

28 points

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Our A.I. Alignment Imperative: Creating a Future Worth Sharing

Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.26 Oct 2025 20:46 UTC

1 point

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[Question] What’s the Limit for Cost-Effectiveness?

alamo 291410 Aug 2023 23:38 UTC

4 points

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[Question] Why would electrically stunning shrimp reduce their suffering?

InTheSky4 Aug 2025 13:47 UTC

50 points

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[Question] How do I plan my life in a world with rapid AI development?

Oliver Kuperman10 Feb 2025 14:36 UTC

28 points

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[Question] USD interest rates

artilugio28 Sep 2024 2:20 UTC

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[Question] Whose life matters more—a baby’s or an adult’s?

dstudioscode7 Jan 2024 9:02 UTC

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[Question] Is There An AI Safety GiveWell?

Michaël Trazzi5 Sep 2025 10:59 UTC

22 points

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[Question] Launching Applications for the Global AI Safety Fellowship 2025!

Impact Academy27 Nov 2024 15:33 UTC

9 points

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[Question] AI consciousness & moral status: What do the experts think?

Jay Luong6 Jul 2024 15:27 UTC

0 points

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[Question] Why are we not talking about UBI? (Universal Basic Income)

Andreas Chrysopoulos13 Dec 2023 18:13 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Donating to make an individual impact

questionhaver87332 Jun 2025 14:34 UTC

1 point

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Introductions and questions thread: April—June 2024

Toby Tremlett🔹28 Mar 2024 13:51 UTC

14 points

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Envisioning a Central Knowledge Hub for the Animal Advocacy Movement

Ronen Bar31 Jan 2024 7:25 UTC

14 points

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[Question] What should we expect from the new European Commissioner on ‘Intergenerational Fairness’?

Joris 🔸16 Dec 2024 8:26 UTC

8 points

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Open thread: July—September 2025

Toby Tremlett🔹1 Jul 2025 13:14 UTC

9 points

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[Question] High Schooler getting involved in EA

GamerChess20 Apr 2024 11:19 UTC

26 points

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[Question] Could humanity be saved by sending people to other planets (like Mars)?

lamparita16 Feb 2025 19:40 UTC

3 points

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[Question] How honest should you be when applying for high-impact roles?

JDLC26 Feb 2025 13:11 UTC

5 points

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Automated Kitchen + UBI: Scalable Solution for Optimal Nutrition and Food Security

teatonglu27 Jun 2025 23:21 UTC

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How to Address EA Dilemmas – What is Missing from EA Values?

alexis schoenlaub13 Oct 2024 9:33 UTC

7 points

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[Question] Ideas for incorporating Effective Altruism causes into a statistics assignment?

lamparita12 Apr 2025 16:39 UTC

5 points

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[Question] Hyper-Abundant Systems

DavidofOmegaS19 Feb 2025 13:20 UTC

1 point

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[Question] Would an Anthropic/OpenAI merger be good for AI safety?

M22 Nov 2023 20:21 UTC

6 points

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[Question] Should We Make Taking Actions Together, More Centralized Over Here?

Alisha 7 Jul 2024 13:15 UTC

5 points

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[Question] Encouraging Funders to Prioritize Impact: Seeking Insights & Learnings

Erik Jentzen20 Mar 2025 15:29 UTC

4 points

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[Question] Why is there so little emphasis on cause prioritization in contemporary Effective Altruism?

Oliver Kuperman10 Sep 2025 13:39 UTC

6 points

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When safety is dangerous: risks of an indefinite pause on AI development, and call for realistic alternatives

Hayven Frienby18 Jan 2024 14:59 UTC

5 points

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[Question] Meta charity focused on earning to give?

defun 🔸24 Oct 2024 13:21 UTC

16 points

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[Question] Should EA ‘communities’ be ‘professional associations’?

Michael Noetel 🔸4 Apr 2024 4:50 UTC

54 points

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[Question] Developing AI solutions for global health—Emmanuel Katto

EmmanuelKatto18 Jul 2024 6:41 UTC

0 points

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[Question] Why do EA longtermists not discuss the alleged problem of cognitive decline?

Stijn Bruers 🔸13 Mar 2025 22:16 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Survey about Copyright and generative AI allowed here ?

Lee O'Brien9 Aug 2024 12:27 UTC

0 points

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[Question] Another Tasmanian Comparative Idea

Franklin Jack2 Aug 2025 1:43 UTC

1 point

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[Question] Share AI Safety Ideas: Both Crazy and Not. №2

ank31 Mar 2025 18:45 UTC

1 point

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[Question] What About Creating an App That Would Answer Any Question Related to Suffering?

RobertDaoust25 Jan 2025 16:16 UTC

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Contration: The next threat from AI may not be like the risks we’ve feared

John Wallbank28 Jul 2024 23:19 UTC

−1 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

[Question] If EAs Should Invest, What Should We Invest In?

Noah Varley🔸29 Dec 2023 14:51 UTC

19 points

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[Question] Donating to maximize chances of making an individual impact

questionhaver87335 Jun 2025 12:10 UTC

−1 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] ai safety question

David turner3 Dec 2023 12:42 UTC

−13 points

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[Question] Cost Estimation for Cultivated Beef?

mphelan16 Aug 2023 12:24 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Who’s hiring? (Feb-May 2024)

Toby Tremlett🔹31 Jan 2024 11:01 UTC

50 points

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[Question] What are the most effective ways to create happiness (rather than avoiding suffering)?

Franziska Fischer1 Nov 2024 22:11 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Idea: Repository for AI Safety Presentations

Eitan6 Jan 2025 13:04 UTC

14 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Why care about human longevity?

RaianyRomanni9 Apr 2024 8:26 UTC

10 points

3 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] How impactful is being a suicide hotline volunteer?

OliverHayman5 Feb 2024 5:02 UTC

13 points

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[Question] Internships

Franklin Jack26 Nov 2023 7:25 UTC

1 point

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[Question] How to influence AGI?

Sam Freedman9 Jan 2025 20:46 UTC

2 points

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[Question] What are effective donation opportunities for safeguarding liberal democracy in the US in 2025?

electroswing9 Apr 2025 23:39 UTC

38 points

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[Question] To what extent is AI safety work trying to get AI to reliably and safely do what the user asks vs. do what is best in some ultimate sense?

Jordan Arel23 May 2025 21:09 UTC

12 points

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[Question] What is the best way to do donation swapping?

Spiarrow26 Mar 2025 10:10 UTC

4 points

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[Question] Is every moral theory inherently consequentialist?

Chris Popa9 Aug 2023 14:36 UTC

3 points

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[Question] Donation swap with me please?

Mitchell Laughlin🔸17 Apr 2025 1:21 UTC

57 points

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[Question] Career Options for EA-aligned Careers in Non-Profit or Social Impact—Emmanuel Katto Uganda

EmmanuelKatto21 Jun 2024 5:22 UTC

13 points

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Intro to the book: Animal Weapons by Douglas Emlen.

Maynk0211 Oct 2023 21:26 UTC

7 points

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In defense of the goodness of ideas

Jordan Arel18 Oct 2025 22:00 UTC

6 points

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[Question] What percentage of economic growth can be attributed to the “monetization” of different resources?

Ricardo Pimentel2 Jan 2024 5:34 UTC

11 points

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[Question] Effective altruism is asking a lot of questions, finding answers and doing little action.

Lutebemberwa Isa1 Mar 2025 20:43 UTC

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[Question] Why don’t billionaires fund more towards highly cost-effective charities?

alic11 Jul 2024 6:34 UTC

24 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Frog Welfare

Chad Brouze5 Aug 2025 21:19 UTC

329 points

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[Question] any anime watchers here drawing parallels between EA and JJK?

bobo26 Nov 2023 8:05 UTC

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[Question] AI+bio cannot be half of AI catastrophe risk, right?

Benevolent_Rain10 Oct 2023 3:17 UTC

23 points

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[Question] FIRE and doing good

Barth7 Feb 2025 11:39 UTC

66 points

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[Question] Does boycotting work?

dstudioscode22 Jan 2024 3:39 UTC

4 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

The promises of working on cultural change to move forward animal welfare

YvesBon2 Jul 2024 5:33 UTC

13 points

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[Question] Should effective altruists learn a wide range of subjects?

jackchang11016 Feb 2024 2:29 UTC

4 points

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The Longtermism of Boredom: Will the far future actually be worth living if we solve suffering?

Melanie Banerjee3 Oct 2025 14:25 UTC

2 points

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[Question] Should EA group organisers (still) recommend 80K advising ‘by default’?

JDLC22 Mar 2025 17:08 UTC

52 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

AI-Powered EA: Automating Impact

teatonglu27 Jun 2025 22:56 UTC

−2 points

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[Question] Donating student loans?

Samwell21 Jun 2025 8:15 UTC

11 points

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[Question] Building a Forum?

Aaron Graifman8 Sep 2024 20:54 UTC

3 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is Trapped Water A Really Big Issue?

dstudioscode22 Jan 2024 3:32 UTC

−11 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Viral Videos to Save Cultivated Meat

Shimoi Kalra21 Nov 2025 22:03 UTC

16 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Is suicide a rational decision if it improves animals’ well being.

landedonmainland7 Nov 2023 11:12 UTC

6 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Updated Drowning Child Problem

Lachlan Earnshaw15 Dec 2023 3:53 UTC

26 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

[Question] Has anyone done research on why Covid-19 didn’t become a bigger warning shot for future pandemic prevention?

Peter5 Mar 2025 22:41 UTC

25 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] EA in the UK | Crowdsourcing projects / resources past and future

Gemma 🔸3 Oct 2024 13:18 UTC

10 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Do short AI timelines demand short Giving timelines?

ScienceMon🔸1 Feb 2025 22:44 UTC

12 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Can increasing Trust amongst humans be considered our greatest priority?

Firas Najjar24 Aug 2023 8:45 UTC

4 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Fighting to exist, forgetting to live. Suggesting a missing priority in EA thinking

Dr Kassim25 Apr 2025 12:06 UTC

8 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Is there any way to be confident that humanity won’t keep employing mass torture of animals for millions of years in the future?

Eduardo28 Apr 2024 18:43 UTC

47 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

Is living in a simulation the only possibility to minimize suffering?

Janika15 Jul 2025 11:36 UTC

2 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

[Question] How independent is the research coming out of OpenAI’s preparedness team?

Earthling10 Feb 2024 16:59 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are the strategic implications if aliens and Earth civilizations produce similar utilities?

Maxime Riché 🔸6 Aug 2024 21:21 UTC

6 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Is there an online group that gathers people interested in the intersection of EA and left-wing or progressive thought?

Joseph Quevedo11 Dec 2023 10:24 UTC

15 points

25 comments1 min readEA link

So, What Exactly is a Fractional Consultant?

Deena Englander23 Jun 2025 16:03 UTC

11 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

II. Triggering The Race

Maynk0224 Oct 2023 18:45 UTC

6 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

[Question] Questions on Ethical Decision-Making & Inner Practices

Maria Amelia Pereira1 Sep 2025 20:57 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Do you know Biosecurity Level 3 (BSL-3) Experts?

Zoé Roy-Stang3 Aug 2023 19:33 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

ONA Shut Down Impact on Longtermism?

Benji_309930 Mar 2025 13:28 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What am I missing re. open-source LLM’s?

another-anon-do-gooder4 Dec 2023 4:48 UTC

1 point

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Need advice on University group committees/post intro-fellowship tracks.

Trym Braathen🔸25 Sep 2024 12:34 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Global tax and global government institution to redistribute the money for the most good—achievable?

Janika14 Jul 2025 8:46 UTC

0 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

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