I added a feature/āautomation that takes the most upvoted post on the forum each day and has an LLM generate a discussion question/āpoll based on it. The discussion question also links to the EA forum post for more context. Let me know what you think of this feature, and if thereās any other features youād like me to add! :)
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[Question] DonaĀtion swap with me please?
[Question] Are there any orgs inĀterĀested in free web/āapp deĀvelĀopĀment serĀvices?
Do you believe effective altruism principles are compatible with religious faith traditions? Vote here: https://āāwww.thealignedapp.com/āāquestion/āā10a539e1-0c5f-4607-b7ea-c156182e5a3a
This app takes the top EA forum post from each day and has an LLM generate a discussion question based on it. Hereās more info about the app.
Do you think the Effective Altruism community is failing to live up to its own values by underfunding animal advocacy relative to what its members and leaders say they want? Vote here: https://āāwww.thealignedapp.com/āāquestion/āā225d9aed-6905-4f8d-8cee-4c5dbae932e5
This app takes the top EA forum post from each day and has an LLM generate a discussion question based on it. Let me know if you have any questions about the tool!
[Question] Why isnāt there more EA foĀcus on reĀsearch for treatĀment-reĀsisĀtant seĀvere menĀtal illĀness?
Interesting! I think the idea of letting people delegate their vote on a specific poll to someone else is a very neat idea. Is that what you had in mind?
@Kale Ridsdale asked me if I built this specifically with the EA community in mind (and also shared a similar tool called Sway with me). Here was my reply:
I didnāt build this specifically with the EA community in mind, but I realized it would probably appeal to EAs (on average) more than the general public (given their interest in polling tools like Manifold Markets and Metaculus, as well as their interest in AI alignment and civil discourse).
Thanks for sharing Simon Cullenās Sway! It looks like his motivation is very similar to mine. My initial motivation for this was that I find people often disagree with others on an issue and then assume they disagree with them on everything. Iām hoping that by being able to see some areas of agreement, it will help create some respect for each other and better social cohesion.
After building it, I realized that it might be hard to gain initial traction as the value of a social platform comes from there being a bunch of people using the tool, meaning that the first few users would struggle to get value. So in addition to being able to compare your opinions/āvalues with other humans, I pivoted a bit to being able to compare your opinions/āvalues with AI, which I thought would be interesting and could also be valuable from an AI alignment/āsafety perspective (i.e. see where your opinions/āvalues seem to diverge from AIās). I thought this would be of particular interest to a bunch of people in the EA community.
Originally, I voted that I slightly agreed, assuming AGI would accelerate developments like cultured meat. Upon further reflection, I realized that advances in technology over the past couple of centuries have been overwhelmingly good for humans but arguably devastating for animals, particularly through factory farming. That makes me lean toward slight disagreement: more powerful technology hasnāt automatically meant better outcomes for animals, and thereās no guarantee AGI will be the exception.