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

Cecil Abungu 8 Apr 2024 18:50 UTC

65 points

28 comments12 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 Khimasia20 Mar 2024 18:17 UTC

11 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

Twelve Lawsuits against OpenAI

Remmelt9 Mar 2024 12:22 UTC

58 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Discord space for people with FTX clawbacks/claims request

hnykda16 Feb 2024 8:56 UTC

19 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Legal advice in the UAE

Kaleem14 Feb 2024 19:20 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Tort Law Can Play an Important Role in Mitigating AI Risk

Gabriel Weil12 Feb 2024 17:11 UTC

85 points

4 comments5 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

Compliance Monitoring as an Impactful Mechanism of AI Safety Policy

CAISID7 Feb 2024 16:10 UTC

4 points

3 comments9 min readEA link

UK AI Bill Analysis & Opinion

CAISID5 Feb 2024 0:12 UTC

18 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

Come help reform Australia’s charity laws!

Michael Noetel12 Jan 2024 3:30 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

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

MikhailSamin28 Dec 2023 18:37 UTC

29 points

0 comments1 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

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

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

63 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Law & AI Dinner—EAG Boston 2023

Alfredo_Parra12 Oct 2023 8:32 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

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

hnykda19 Sep 2023 21:00 UTC

18 points

6 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 2)

MattThinks22 Aug 2023 22:40 UTC

3 points

0 comments10 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

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

Rockwell7 Aug 2023 20:16 UTC

135 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

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)

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

Conrad K.16 Jul 2023 18:18 UTC

16 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

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)

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

KFC Supplier Sued for Cruelty

alene24 May 2023 21:37 UTC

147 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

US Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12!

Rockwell11 May 2023 16:30 UTC

306 points

13 comments1 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)

Legal Priorities Project – Annual Report 2022

Legal Priorities Project2 May 2023 13:32 UTC

76 points

2 comments30 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)

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

Legal Impact for Chickens hiring Experienced Litigator

alene12 Apr 2023 6:32 UTC

61 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(www.legalimpactforchickens.org)

Highlights from LPP’s field-building efforts

Legal Priorities Project23 Mar 2023 8:18 UTC

78 points

0 comments13 min readEA link

Legal Assistance for Victims of AI

bob17 Mar 2023 11:42 UTC

52 points

19 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

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

7 comments1 min readEA link

(riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com)

Very Briefly: The CHIPS Act

Yadav26 Feb 2023 13:53 UTC

40 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(www.y1d2.com)

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)

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

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

Two potential cases of Effective Ventures breaking the law

Whistleblower33 Feb 2023 10:37 UTC

−48 points

38 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Who owns “Effective Altruism”?

River1 Feb 2023 1:37 UTC

37 points

4 comments1 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

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

Law & Longtermism Dinner—EAG Bay Area 2023

Alfredo_Parra31 Jan 2023 10:47 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 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)

[Question] Should AI writers be prohibited in education?

Eleni_A16 Jan 2023 22:29 UTC

3 points

2 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

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

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

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

Slightly against aligning with neo-luddites

Matthew_Barnett26 Dec 2022 23:27 UTC

71 points

17 comments4 min readEA link

[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

6 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

Resources for EAs Interested in Law

McGill EA x Law20 Dec 2022 5:36 UTC

21 points

0 comments2 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

Thoughts on legal concerns surrounding the FTX situation

Molly13 Nov 2022 17:01 UTC

367 points

65 comments4 min readEA link

How often does One Person succeed?

Maynk0228 Oct 2022 19:32 UTC

6 points

0 comments3 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

[Question] EA aligned lawyers in Texas?

Solomon Sia10 Oct 2022 8:06 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Changing Licences on the EA Forum

Ben_West7 Oct 2022 23:45 UTC

66 points

33 comments1 min readEA link

Aligning AI with Humans by Leveraging Legal Informatics

johnjnay18 Sep 2022 7:43 UTC

20 points

11 comments3 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)

Contra Appiah Defending Defending “Climate Villains”

Cullen12 Sep 2022 14:58 UTC

27 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

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

Brad West11 Sep 2022 15:49 UTC

50 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

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

Ofer5 Sep 2022 13:40 UTC

71 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

[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

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

HTC30 Aug 2022 4:27 UTC

30 points

1 comment17 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)

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)

Jan Leike: On the windfall clause

Cullen4 Aug 2022 23:37 UTC

61 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

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

Cullen2 Aug 2022 23:23 UTC

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

On the Journey Towards Action

jessefrances18 Jul 2022 7:01 UTC

3 points

5 comments2 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)

Pile of Law and Law-Following AI

Cullen13 Jul 2022 0:29 UTC

28 points

2 comments3 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

The Case for Making Professional Degrees Undergraduate Degrees

ColdButtonIssues8 Jul 2022 19:56 UTC

38 points

4 comments6 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

Legal Priorities Summer Institute

Leo13 Jun 2022 11:29 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.legalpriorities.org)

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

England & Wales & Windfalls

John Bridge3 Jun 2022 10:26 UTC

13 points

1 comment26 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

The Windfall Clause has a remedies problem

John Bridge23 May 2022 10:31 UTC

40 points

0 comments20 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

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

Cullen27 Apr 2022 17:20 UTC

28 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

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

Cullen27 Apr 2022 17:18 UTC

19 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Law-Following AI 1: Sequence Introduction and Structure

Cullen27 Apr 2022 17:16 UTC

35 points

2 comments9 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

New Sequence—Towards a worldwide, watertight Windfall Clause

John Bridge7 Apr 2022 15:02 UTC

25 points

4 comments8 min readEA link

Making Factory Farm Cruelty a Liability

eykim7 Apr 2022 14:46 UTC

9 points

0 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

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

Legal Priorities Project3 Mar 2022 14:20 UTC

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

GovAI Annual Report 2021

GovAI5 Jan 2022 16:57 UTC

52 points

2 comments10 min readEA link

Sci-Hub sued in India

cflexman30 Dec 2021 2:48 UTC

113 points

5 comments8 min readEA link

Using Export Controls to Reduce Biorisk

catehall23 Dec 2021 0:59 UTC

43 points

2 comments4 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

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

Intervention report: Agricultural land redistribution

David Rhys Bernard14 Jul 2021 14:29 UTC

65 points

6 comments38 min readEA link

World federalism and EA

BrownHairedEevee14 Jul 2021 5:53 UTC

45 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

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

luca28 May 2021 10:31 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[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

“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)

[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

15 comments1 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

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] How should EAs manage their copyrights?

BrownHairedEevee9 Mar 2021 18:42 UTC

15 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

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

Dale24 Feb 2021 15:44 UTC

47 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lexology.com)

Surveillance and free expression | Sunyshore

BrownHairedEevee23 Feb 2021 2:14 UTC

10 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(sunyshore.substack.com)

[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

Legal Priorities Research: A Research Agenda

jonasschuett6 Jan 2021 21:47 UTC

58 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

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)

Introducing the Legal Priorities Project

jonasschuett30 Aug 2020 14:10 UTC

179 points

13 comments2 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

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

Cullen28 Jul 2020 18:33 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

Parallels Between AI Safety by Debate and Evidence Law

Cullen20 Jul 2020 22:52 UTC

30 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(cullenokeefe.com)

How to massively increase your donations, for free

Katie S8 Jul 2020 3:00 UTC

38 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

Some history topics it might be very valuable to investigate

MichaelA8 Jul 2020 2:40 UTC

91 points

34 comments7 min readEA link

Antitrust-Compliant AI Industry Self-Regulation

Cullen7 Jul 2020 20:52 UTC

26 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(cullenokeefe.com)

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

Cullen5 Feb 2020 23:49 UTC

54 points

21 comments2 min readEA link

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

MichaelStJules2 Feb 2020 20:53 UTC

12 points

34 comments1 min readEA link

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

Cullen11 Jan 2020 4:13 UTC

45 points

68 comments1 min readEA link

Non-Profit Insurance Agency

zwcoop13 May 2019 9:47 UTC

25 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

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

Cullen28 Feb 2019 6:14 UTC

16 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Tyler John: Personhood initiatives

EA Global8 Jun 2018 7:51 UTC

9 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

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