Ben_West🔸

Karma: 15,733

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

Generative AI is not causing YCombinator companies to grow more quickly than usual (yet)

Ben_West🔸29 Aug 2025 14:31 UTC

111 points

14 comments9 min readEA link

EA as Antichrist: Understanding Peter Thiel

Ben_West🔸6 Aug 2025 17:31 UTC

115 points

54 comments14 min readEA link

A shallow review of what transformative AI means for animal welfare

Lizka8 Jul 2025 0:25 UTC

163 points

21 comments21 min readEA link

METR: Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks

Ben_West🔸19 Mar 2025 16:49 UTC

122 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

(metr.org)

METR is hiring ML Research Engineers and Scientists

Ben_West🔸5 Jun 2024 21:25 UTC

18 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(metr.org)

CEA is hiring a Head of Communications

Ben_West🔸8 Mar 2024 23:04 UTC

100 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Rates of Criminality Amongst Giving Pledge Signatories

Ben_West🔸22 Jan 2024 17:42 UTC

209 points

31 comments6 min readEA link

CEA is spinning out of Effective Ventures

Eli_Nathan18 Jan 2024 16:57 UTC

69 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Cause-Generality Is Hard If Some Causes Have Higher ROI

Ben_West🔸12 Jan 2024 18:27 UTC

105 points

31 comments6 min readEA link

Zach Robinson will be CEA’s next CEO

Ben_West🔸28 Dec 2023 15:57 UTC

182 points

49 comments1 min readEA link

CEA is fundraising, and funding constrained

Ben_West🔸20 Nov 2023 21:41 UTC

58 points

40 comments8 min readEA link

Here’s where CEA staff are donating in 2023

Oscar Howie10 Nov 2023 13:55 UTC

94 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

AMA: Ben West, former startup founder and EtGer

Ben_West🔸7 Nov 2023 22:04 UTC

45 points

40 comments1 min readEA link

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

Ben_West🔸8 Sep 2023 16:29 UTC

252 points

58 comments1 min readEA link

How expensive is leaving your org? Squiggle Model

jessica_mccurdy🔸16 Aug 2023 18:01 UTC

40 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Are there diseconomies of scale in the reputation of communities?

Lizka27 Jul 2023 18:43 UTC

52 points

16 comments17 min readEA link

CEA: still doing CEA things

Ben_West🔸14 Jul 2023 22:07 UTC

65 points

38 comments3 min readEA link

Benefits of being rejected from CEA’s Online team

Ben_West🔸3 Jul 2023 16:34 UTC

55 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Some Reflections on EA Strategy Fortnight

Ben_West🔸29 Jun 2023 17:46 UTC

83 points

14 comments2 min readEA link

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

Ben_West🔸22 Jun 2023 0:42 UTC

209 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(edition.cnn.com)