Law

TagLast edit: 22 Jul 2022 20:55 UTC by Leo

The law tag is for posts discussing EA-related legal research questions, when pursuing a law degree makes sense for EAs, how EAs should use a law degree, and EA-related legal jobs. (That list of topics is adapted from the description of the Effective Altruism & Law Facebook group.)

Further reading

Effective Altruism & Law (2018) About this group, Facebook, July 29.

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Introducing the Legal Priorities Project

jonasschuett30 Aug 2020 14:10 UTC

179 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

Legal support for EA orgs—useful?

Tyrone-Jay Barugh17 Mar 2022 3:35 UTC

76 points

20 comments10 min readEA link

On the (In)Applicability of Corporate Rights Cases to Digital Minds

Cullen 🔸28 Feb 2019 6:14 UTC

16 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Legal Priorities Research: A Research Agenda

jonasschuett6 Jan 2021 21:47 UTC

58 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

New Working Paper Series of the Legal Priorities Project

Legal Priorities Project18 Oct 2021 10:30 UTC

60 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

Large Language Models as Fiduciaries to Humans

johnjnay24 Jan 2023 19:53 UTC

25 points

0 comments34 min readEA link

(papers.ssrn.com)

Cullen O’Keefe: Doing the most good with a law degree

EA Global25 Oct 2020 5:48 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Pile of Law and Law-Following AI

Cullen 🔸13 Jul 2022 0:29 UTC

28 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Animals in Cost-Benefit Analysis

Vasco Grilo🔸25 Apr 2024 16:43 UTC

39 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(papers.ssrn.com)

Legal Assistance for Victims of AI

bob17 Mar 2023 11:42 UTC

52 points

19 comments1 min readEA link

New Sequence—Towards a worldwide, watertight Windfall Clause

John Bridge 🔸7 Apr 2022 15:02 UTC

25 points

4 comments8 min readEA link

Sci-Hub sued in India

cflexman30 Dec 2021 2:48 UTC

113 points

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Tort Law Can Play an Important Role in Mitigating AI Risk

Gabriel Weil12 Feb 2024 17:11 UTC

99 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

AGI misalignment x-risk may be lower due to an overlooked goal specification technology

johnjnay21 Oct 2022 2:03 UTC

20 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Legal Impact for Chickens hiring Experienced Litigator

alene12 Apr 2023 6:32 UTC

61 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(www.legalimpactforchickens.org)

Want to work in the US? Consider applying to the ‘Green Card’ lottery by 7 November 2023. It’s free and really easy to do.

Tyrone-Jay Barugh19 Oct 2023 7:49 UTC

64 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Legal Impact for Chickens files its first lawsuit! Costco shareholder derivative case

alene7 Jul 2022 18:01 UTC

165 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

UK AI Bill Analysis & Opinion

CAISID5 Feb 2024 0:12 UTC

18 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

Calling EA lawyers: Legal Impact for Chickens is hiring!

alene18 May 2022 18:20 UTC

31 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

World federalism and EA

Eevee🔹14 Jul 2021 5:53 UTC

47 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Compute & Antitrust: Regulatory implications of the AI hardware supply chain, from chip design to cloud APIs

HaydnBelfield19 Aug 2022 17:20 UTC

32 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

(verfassungsblog.de)

[Question] What are the challenges and problems with programming law-breaking constraints into AGI?

MichaelStJules2 Feb 2020 20:53 UTC

20 points

34 comments1 min readEA link

Best Use of 2 Minutes this Month (U.S.)

Rockwell7 Aug 2023 20:16 UTC

136 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Law & AI Dinner—EAG Boston 2023

Alfredo Parra 🔸12 Oct 2023 8:32 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

US Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12!

Rockwell11 May 2023 16:30 UTC

308 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

Contra Appiah Defending Defending “Climate Villains”

Cullen 🔸12 Sep 2022 14:58 UTC

27 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Law school vs MPP in Australia for those who have strong verbal skills but are weak at maths

Douglas_M23 Mar 2021 5:13 UTC

14 points

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Law-Following AI 4: Don’t Rely on Vicarious Liability

Cullen 🔸2 Aug 2022 23:23 UTC

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Effective Enforceability of EU Competition Law Under Different AI Development Scenarios: A Framework for Legal Analysis

HaydnBelfield19 Aug 2022 17:20 UTC

11 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

(verfassungsblog.de)

Changing Licences on the EA Forum

Ben_West🔸7 Oct 2022 23:45 UTC

66 points

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The Case for Making Professional Degrees Undergraduate Degrees

ColdButtonIssues8 Jul 2022 19:56 UTC

38 points

4 comments6 min readEA link

GovAI Annual Report 2021

GovAI5 Jan 2022 16:57 UTC

52 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

Making Factory Farm Cruelty a Liability

eykim7 Apr 2022 14:46 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

APPG on Future Generations impact report – Raising the profile of future generation in the UK Parliament

weeatquince12 Aug 2020 14:24 UTC

87 points

2 comments17 min readEA link

Come help reform Australia’s charity laws!

Michael Noetel 🔸12 Jan 2024 3:30 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Law-Following AI 2: Intent Alignment + Superintelligence → Lawless AI (By Default)

Cullen 🔸27 Apr 2022 17:18 UTC

19 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Tyler John: Personhood initiatives

EA Global8 Jun 2018 7:51 UTC

9 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Animal Welfare is now enshrined in the Belgian Constitution

Bob Jacobs 🔸3 May 2024 22:26 UTC

95 points

9 comments10 min readEA link

Call for Attorneys for OpenAI Employees and Ex-Employees

Vilfredo's Ghost18 May 2024 5:27 UTC

181 points

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I’m Cullen O’Keefe, a Policy Researcher at OpenAI, AMA

Cullen 🔸11 Jan 2020 4:13 UTC

45 points

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Jan Leike: On the windfall clause

Cullen 🔸4 Aug 2022 23:37 UTC

62 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Ex-OpenAI researcher says OpenAI mass-violated copyright law

Remmelt24 Oct 2024 1:00 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(suchir.net)

[Linkpost]: German judges order government to strengthen legislation before end of year to protect future generations

axioman29 Apr 2021 16:47 UTC

16 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Parallels Between AI Safety by Debate and Evidence Law

Cullen 🔸20 Jul 2020 22:52 UTC

30 points

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(cullenokeefe.com)

Dutch anti-trust regulator bans pro-animal welfare chicken cartel

Dale24 Feb 2021 15:44 UTC

47 points

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(www.lexology.com)

Law-Following AI 3: Lawless AI Agents Undermine Stabilizing Agreements

Cullen 🔸27 Apr 2022 17:20 UTC

28 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Law-Following AI 1: Sequence Introduction and Structure

Cullen 🔸27 Apr 2022 17:16 UTC

35 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

Law & Longtermism Dinner—EAG Bay Area 2023

Alfredo Parra 🔸31 Jan 2023 10:47 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

International Criminal Law and the Future of Humanity: A Theory of the Crime of Omnicide

philosophytorres22 Mar 2021 12:19 UTC

−3 points

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Surveillance and free expression | Sunyshore

Eevee🔹23 Feb 2021 2:14 UTC

10 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(sunyshore.substack.com)

[Question] Who owns “Effective Altruism”?

River1 Feb 2023 1:37 UTC

37 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Anthropic is being sued for copying books to train Claude

Remmelt31 Aug 2024 2:57 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(fingfx.thomsonreuters.com)

Some history topics it might be very valuable to investigate

MichaelA🔸8 Jul 2020 2:40 UTC

91 points

34 comments6 min readEA link

Thoughts on legal concerns surrounding the FTX situation: document preservation and communications

Molly24 Nov 2022 2:05 UTC

125 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

The Vanuatu Initiative, climate litigation and the rights of future generations

Ramiro10 Mar 2023 13:25 UTC

20 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

(www.conjur.com.br)

Global catastrophic risks law approved in the United States

JorgeTorresC7 Mar 2023 14:28 UTC

157 points

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(riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com)

“Insider giving”—An unfortunate donation strategy used by corporate insiders to avoid losses

jasonk14 Apr 2021 0:42 UTC

23 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(www.elsblog.org)

FHI Report: The Windfall Clause: Distributing the Benefits of AI for the Common Good

Cullen 🔸5 Feb 2020 23:49 UTC

54 points

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Bring legal cases to me, I will donate 100% of my cut of the fee to a charity of your choice

Brad West🔸11 Sep 2022 15:49 UTC

50 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Cause Exploration Prizes: Reducing Suffering and Long Term Risk in Common Law Nations via Strategic Case Law Funding

Open Philanthropy12 Jul 2022 7:36 UTC

30 points

1 comment12 min readEA link

Thoughts on legal concerns surrounding the FTX situation

Molly13 Nov 2022 17:01 UTC

367 points

65 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What bank accounts are UK charities using?

Greg_Colbourn7 Apr 2022 15:41 UTC

8 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Intervention report: Agricultural land redistribution

David Rhys Bernard14 Jul 2021 14:29 UTC

65 points

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[Question] Would it make sense to use human rights law against catastrophic risks—like some seem to be doing regarding climate change?

Ramiro26 Dec 2022 21:14 UTC

12 points

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Using Export Controls to Reduce Biorisk

catehall23 Dec 2021 0:59 UTC

43 points

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NYT is suing OpenAI&Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement; some quick thoughts

MikhailSamin28 Dec 2023 18:37 UTC

29 points

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Some underrated reasons why the AI safety community should reconsider its embrace of strict liability

Cecil Abungu 8 Apr 2024 18:50 UTC

67 points

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Egregious Cruelty: Humboldt Farm Sued for Putting Salt in Cows’ Eyes, Starving Cattle

Sage Max1 Oct 2024 22:38 UTC

86 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

DC Butcher Shop Sued for Deceptively Advertising the “Fatty Liver” as Humane

Sage Max15 Oct 2024 15:24 UTC

23 points

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Legal Impact for Chickens is Hiring an Attorney

KathrynLIC27 Aug 2024 18:42 UTC

38 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Our fight for the future of one billion chickens.

Molly Archer-Zeff22 Oct 2024 13:29 UTC

241 points

18 comments4 min readEA link

Introducing ‘Animal Law Focus Foundation’

Sabina Bravo2 Nov 2024 4:16 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Aligning AI with Humans by Leveraging Legal Informatics

johnjnay18 Sep 2022 7:43 UTC

20 points

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Slightly against aligning with neo-luddites

Matthew_Barnett26 Dec 2022 23:27 UTC

71 points

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How to massively increase your donations, for free

Katie S8 Jul 2020 3:00 UTC

39 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

What if states don’t listen? A fundamental gap in x-risk reduction strategies

HTC30 Aug 2022 4:27 UTC

30 points

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[Question] If I am a US business owner, can I legally donate to an unrelated charity as a business expense to avoid the 37% income tax on that amount?

Will_Grover8 Jan 2021 16:07 UTC

21 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Survey: Legal needs in EA and longtermism

Tyrone-Jay Barugh15 Jul 2022 4:40 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(forms.office.com)

[Podcast] Suggest a question for Christoph Winter of Legal Priorities Project

luca28 May 2021 10:31 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

The Windfall Clause has a remedies problem

John Bridge 🔸23 May 2022 10:31 UTC

40 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Antitrust-Compliant AI Industry Self-Regulation

Cullen 🔸7 Jul 2020 20:52 UTC

26 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(cullenokeefe.com)

How often does One Person succeed?

Maynk0228 Oct 2022 19:32 UTC

6 points

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Non-Profit Insurance Agency

zwcoop13 May 2019 9:47 UTC

25 points

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[Question] What are VISAs available for non-profit/charity founders in the U.S?

effectiveutils5 Sep 2022 10:41 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Interview subjects for impact litigation project (biosecurity & pandemic preparedness)

Legal Priorities Project3 Mar 2022 14:20 UTC

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Lessons Learned Organizing an EA x Law Group

McGill EA x Law24 Dec 2022 1:52 UTC

8 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

England & Wales & Windfalls

John Bridge 🔸3 Jun 2022 10:26 UTC

13 points

1 comment24 min readEA link

‘Artificial Intelligence Governance under Change’ (PhD dissertation)

MMMaas15 Sep 2022 12:10 UTC

54 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(drive.google.com)

Legal Priorities Summer Institute

Leo13 Jun 2022 11:29 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.legalpriorities.org)

Global Health Innovation Incentives, Patent Trolls, and Evergreening: Discussion of Subtopics within US Patent Policy

schethik30 Jul 2021 5:40 UTC

15 points

0 comments13 min readEA link

On the Journey Towards Action

jessefrances18 Jul 2022 7:01 UTC

3 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Do AI companies make their safety researchers sign a non-disparagement clause?

Ofer5 Sep 2022 13:40 UTC

73 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing the Legal Priorities Project Writing Competition: Improving Cost-Benefit Analysis to Account for Existential and Catastrophic Risks

Mackenzie7 Jun 2022 9:37 UTC

104 points

8 comments9 min readEA link

Resources for EAs Interested in Law

McGill EA x Law20 Dec 2022 5:36 UTC

21 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How should EAs manage their copyrights?

Eevee🔹9 Mar 2021 18:42 UTC

15 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] EA aligned lawyers in Texas?

Solomon Sia10 Oct 2022 8:06 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Deadline Extended: Announcing the Legal Priorities Summer Institute! (Apply by June 24)

Marisa26 May 2022 8:00 UTC

24 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

FHI Report: How Will National Security Considerations Affect Antitrust Decisions in AI? An Examination of Historical Precedents

Cullen 🔸28 Jul 2020 18:33 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

Large Language Models as Corporate Lobbyists, and Implications for Societal-AI Alignment

johnjnay4 Jan 2023 22:22 UTC

10 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

Research Resources and Questions for EAs Interested in Law

McGill EA x Law10 Jan 2023 23:44 UTC

4 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

McGill EA x Law Presents: Impact Litigation for Animal Welfare

McGill EA x Law11 Jan 2023 0:00 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

McGill EA x Law Presents: Existential Advocacy with Prof. John Bliss

McGill EA x Law10 Jan 2023 23:56 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Part 4/4: Under-explored Abolitionist Approaches

Dhruv Makwana11 Jan 2023 13:51 UTC

27 points

5 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] Should AI writers be prohibited in education?

Eleni_A16 Jan 2023 22:29 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Post-Mortem: Effective Altruism x Law Presents: Impact Litigation for Animal Welfare

McGill EA x Law31 Jan 2023 18:52 UTC

14 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Post-Mortem: McGill EA x Law Presents: Existential Advocacy with Prof. John Bliss

McGill EA x Law31 Jan 2023 18:57 UTC

11 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

CTA: Help GWWC Charity Elections upscale by connecting us to legal counsel in new regions

Adam Steinberg13 Feb 2023 18:05 UTC

39 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Some initial work to evaluate the merits of an EA legal service

Tyrone-Jay Barugh15 Feb 2023 5:38 UTC

31 points

2 comments26 min readEA link

How to ‘troll for good’: Leveraging IP for AI governance

Michael Huang26 Feb 2023 6:34 UTC

26 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(www.science.org)

Very Briefly: The CHIPS Act

Yadav26 Feb 2023 13:53 UTC

40 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(www.y1d2.com)

Farming groups and veterinarians submit amicus briefs against cruelty to chickens

Sage Max11 Sep 2024 22:32 UTC

50 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Bill prohibiting the use of QALYs in US healthcare decisions?

gordoni12 Mar 2023 7:27 UTC

44 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Please share with lawyers you know: Legal Impact for Chickens seeks litigator.

alene2 Sep 2023 15:21 UTC

34 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

An argument for accelerating international AI governance research (part 1)

MattThinks16 Aug 2023 5:40 UTC

9 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Advice column: How big a deal are work visas?

EA Lifestyles13 Jul 2023 21:23 UTC

20 points

9 comments2 min readEA link

(ealifestyles.substack.com)

Highlights from LPP’s field-building efforts

Legal Priorities Project23 Mar 2023 8:18 UTC

78 points

0 comments13 min readEA link

Scaling and Sustaining Standards: A Case Study on the Basel Accords

Conrad K.16 Jul 2023 18:18 UTC

18 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

US Congress introduces CREATE AI Act for establishing National AI Research Resource

Daniel_Eth28 Jul 2023 23:27 UTC

9 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(eshoo.house.gov)

Compliance Monitoring as an Impactful Mechanism of AI Safety Policy

CAISID7 Feb 2024 16:10 UTC

4 points

3 comments9 min readEA link

LawAI’s Summer Research Fellowship – apply by February 16

LawAI7 Feb 2024 21:01 UTC

51 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Andre Abassi on invertebrate and insect protection legislation

Karthik Palakodeti4 Nov 2023 20:28 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Student competition for drafting a treaty on moratorium of large-scale AI capabilities R&D

Nayanika24 Apr 2023 13:15 UTC

36 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Proposals for the AI Regulatory Sandbox in Spain

Guillem Bas27 Apr 2023 10:33 UTC

55 points

2 comments11 min readEA link

(riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com)

An argument for accelerating international AI governance research (part 2)

MattThinks22 Aug 2023 22:40 UTC

3 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

Legal Priorities Project – Annual Report 2022

Legal Priorities Project2 May 2023 13:32 UTC

76 points

2 comments30 min readEA link

Interview: Sarah Gold from Legal Impact for Chickens on litigating for farmed animals in the United States! (repost from Karthik Logic blog)

Karthik Palakodeti9 May 2023 10:28 UTC

25 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(karthiklogic.substack.com)

KFC Supplier Sued for Cruelty

alene24 May 2023 21:37 UTC

148 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

By failing to take serious AI action, the US could be in violation of its international law obligations

Cecil Abungu 27 May 2023 4:25 UTC

44 points

1 comment10 min readEA link

[Question] Looking for someone dealing with the FTX “clawbacks” etc.

Daniel Hnyk19 Sep 2023 21:00 UTC

18 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

The 6D effect: When companies take risks, one email can be very powerful.

stecas4 Nov 2023 20:08 UTC

40 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Legal advice in the UAE

Kaleem14 Feb 2024 19:20 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Discord space for people with FTX clawbacks/claims request

Daniel Hnyk16 Feb 2024 8:56 UTC

19 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Fifteen Lawsuits against OpenAI

Remmelt9 Mar 2024 12:22 UTC

55 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Would you rather kill 2 mice or 10 fish? Interspecies Trade-Offs and the Moral Weight of Animal Species in Biomedical Research

Aashish K20 Mar 2024 18:17 UTC

11 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

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