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Ben_West🔸

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Non-EA interests include chess and TikTok (@benthamite). We are probably hiring: https://​​metr.org/​​hiring

METR: Mea­sur­ing AI Abil­ity to Com­plete Long Tasks

Ben_West🔸Mar 19, 2025, 4:49 PM
122 points
16 comments1 min readEA link
(metr.org)

METR is hiring ML Re­search Eng­ineers and Scientists

Ben_West🔸Jun 5, 2024, 9:25 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(metr.org)

CEA is hiring a Head of Communications

Ben_West🔸Mar 8, 2024, 11:04 PM
100 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Rates of Crim­i­nal­ity Amongst Giv­ing Pledge Signatories

Ben_West🔸Jan 22, 2024, 5:42 PM
209 points
31 comments6 min readEA link

CEA is spin­ning out of Effec­tive Ventures

Eli_NathanJan 18, 2024, 4:57 PM
69 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cause-Gen­er­al­ity Is Hard If Some Causes Have Higher ROI

Ben_West🔸Jan 12, 2024, 6:27 PM
105 points
31 comments6 min readEA link

Zach Robin­son will be CEA’s next CEO

Ben_West🔸Dec 28, 2023, 3:57 PM
182 points
51 comments1 min readEA link

CEA is fundrais­ing, and fund­ing constrained

Ben_West🔸Nov 20, 2023, 9:41 PM
58 points
40 comments8 min readEA link

Here’s where CEA staff are donat­ing in 2023

Oscar HowieNov 10, 2023, 1:55 PM
94 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

AMA: Ben West, former startup founder and EtGer

Ben_West🔸Nov 7, 2023, 10:04 PM
45 points
40 comments1 min readEA link

De­bate se­ries: should we push for a pause on the de­vel­op­ment of AI?

Ben_West🔸Sep 8, 2023, 4:29 PM
252 points
58 comments1 min readEA link

How ex­pen­sive is leav­ing your org? Squig­gle Model

jessica_mccurdy🔸Aug 16, 2023, 6:01 PM
40 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Are there dis­ec­onomies of scale in the rep­u­ta­tion of com­mu­ni­ties?

LizkaJul 27, 2023, 6:43 PM
52 points
16 comments17 min readEA link

CEA: still do­ing CEA things

Ben_West🔸Jul 14, 2023, 10:07 PM
65 points
38 comments3 min readEA link

Benefits of be­ing re­jected from CEA’s On­line team

Ben_West🔸Jul 3, 2023, 4:34 PM
55 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Some Reflec­tions on EA Strat­egy Fortnight

Ben_West🔸Jun 29, 2023, 5:46 PM
83 points
14 comments2 min readEA link

Lab-grown meat is cleared for sale in the United States

Ben_West🔸Jun 22, 2023, 12:42 AM
209 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(edition.cnn.com)

Third Wave Effec­tive Altruism

Ben_West🔸Jun 17, 2023, 3:45 PM
225 points
46 comments3 min readEA link

How has FTX’s col­lapse af­fected pub­lic per­cep­tion of EA?

Ben_West🔸Jun 16, 2023, 5:37 PM
97 points
26 comments3 min readEA link

EA Strat­egy Fort­night (June 12-24)

Ben_West🔸Jun 7, 2023, 11:07 PM
142 points
26 comments3 min readEA link