David Thorstad

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I primarily write academic papers and do outreach through my blog. I do try to post here when possible (and I always appreciate cross-posts!), but please do check dthorstad.com for my academic papers and reflectivealtruism.com for outreach.

Summary: Against the singularity hypothesis

Global Priorities Institute22 May 2024 11:05 UTC

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14 comments4 min readEA link

(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Summary: Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existential Risk (David Thorstad)

Nicholas Kruus🔸10 Apr 2024 14:21 UTC

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23 comments4 min readEA link

Summary: Against the Singularity Hypothesis (David Thorstad)

Nicholas Kruus🔸27 Mar 2024 13:48 UTC

63 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

Mistakes in the moral mathematics of existential risk (Part 2: Ignoring background risk) - Reflective altruism

Eevee🔹3 Jul 2023 6:34 UTC

84 points

7 comments6 min readEA link

(ineffectivealtruismblog.com)

Mistakes in the moral mathematics of existential risk (Part 1: Introduction and cumulative risk) - Reflective altruism

Eevee🔹3 Jul 2023 6:33 UTC

74 points

6 comments6 min readEA link

(ineffectivealtruismblog.com)

Blog update: Reflective altruism

David Thorstad14 May 2023 11:07 UTC

169 points

22 comments9 min readEA link

New blog: Some doubts about effective altruism

David Thorstad20 Dec 2022 19:34 UTC

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36 comments4 min readEA link

Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils

David Thorstad12 Aug 2022 14:42 UTC

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67 comments20 min readEA link