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Bob Jacobs

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I’m a student of moral science at the university of Ghent. I also started and ran EA Ghent from 2020 to 2024, at which point I quit in protest over the Manifest scandal (and the reactionary trend it highlighted). I now no longer consider myself an EA (but I’m still part of GWWC and EAA, and if the rationalists split off I’ll join again).

If you’re interested in philosophy and mechanism design, consider checking out my blog.

I co-started Effectief Geven (Belgian effective giving org), am a volunteer researcher at SatisfIA (AI-safety org) and a volunteer writer at GAIA (Animal welfare org).

Possible conflict of interests: I have never received money from EA, but could plausibly be biased in favor of the organizations I volunteer for.

Aspira­tion-based, non-max­i­miz­ing AI agent designs

Bob JacobsMay 7, 2024, 4:13 PM
12 points
1 comment38 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare is now en­shrined in the Bel­gian Constitution

Bob JacobsMay 3, 2024, 10:26 PM
95 points
9 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] Should I donate my kid­ney or part of my liver?

Bob JacobsApr 10, 2024, 3:05 PM
66 points
24 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounce­ment: We’re launch­ing Effec­tief Geven

Bob JacobsMar 5, 2024, 10:40 AM
90 points
6 comments4 min readEA link

Solu­tions to prob­lems with Bayesianism

Bob JacobsNov 4, 2023, 12:15 PM
27 points
2 comments21 min readEA link

Re­solv­ing moral un­cer­tainty with randomization

Bob JacobsMar 29, 2023, 10:10 AM
29 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

ESPR should re­turn the FTX-funded chateau

Bob JacobsDec 10, 2022, 3:54 PM
−1 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

De­moc­ra­tiz­ing the work­place as a cause area

Bob JacobsNov 26, 2022, 6:31 PM
39 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

EA Images

Bob JacobsNov 11, 2022, 3:56 PM
59 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Vic­tim Co­or­di­na­tion Website

Bob JacobsMar 6, 2022, 5:21 PM
11 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

Depart­ment Voting

Bob JacobsAug 2, 2021, 9:42 AM
12 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Bob Ja­cobs’s Quick takes

Bob JacobsFeb 13, 2021, 7:35 PM
3 points
40 comments1 min readEA link

Re­work­ing the Tag­ging System

Bob JacobsJan 24, 2021, 6:03 PM
24 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Mak­ing More Sequences

Bob JacobsOct 20, 2020, 12:36 PM
56 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

Timeline Utilitarianism

Bob JacobsOct 9, 2020, 8:12 PM
15 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

Sor­ti­tion Model of Mo­ral Uncertainty

Bob JacobsOct 4, 2020, 8:58 PM
33 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

Bob JacobsSep 7, 2020, 5:34 PM
11 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

Mak­ing a Crow­dac­tion website

Bob JacobsAug 19, 2020, 3:18 PM
14 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Meta-Prefer­ence Utilitarianism

Bob JacobsFeb 5, 2020, 7:14 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readEA link