lukasj10🔸

Healthier Hens Y3 up­date—the shutdown

• lukasj10🔸May 2, 2024, 11:13 PM

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  on: AMA: Lewis Bol­lard, Pro­gram Direc­tor of Farm An­i­mal Welfare at OpenPhil

  Thanks for doing this AMA, Lewis!
  
  What’s your take on when a promising intervention seems cost-effective enough to be tried? Do you think we should be using something akin to GiveWell’s approach, piloting stuff that’s estimated to be, e.g., ~10x more cost-effective than further cage-free campaigns, or...? I realise your opinion on this might not correspond to OP’s overall stance, but I’d love to hear your thoughts about such existent and upcoming benchmarks and thresholds within EAA. Thank you!

• lukasj10🔸Apr 20, 2024, 1:25 PM

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  in reply to: MichaelStJules’s comment on: Healthier Hens Y2.5 up­date and new avenues

  Thanks for providing these external benchmarks and making it easier to compare! Do you mind if I updated the text to include a reference to your comments?
  
  Indeed, since these were initial estimates, we excluded reporting the other pain intensities to keep it brief. However, once we go through the follow-up data and have the second set of estimates, we’ll make sure to include all of the ranges, so that more comprehensive comparisons could be made. But my understanding is that for water and feed, it could be ~1:5:7 (disabling:hurtful:annoying) and ~1:1:0.1 for heat stress.
  
  But your caveat is very important—we’ve only just identified this as an interesting intervention for the Global South, the feasibility of cost effectively mitigating such welfare issues remains untested.

Healthier Hens Y2.5 up­date and new avenues

• lukasj10🔸Oct 6, 2023, 4:26 PM

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  on: Two cheap ways to test your fit for policy work

  Is it just me or is the map image link broken?

• lukasj10🔸Oct 4, 2023, 5:34 PM

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  in reply to: MHR🔸’s comment on: Healthier Hens Y2 up­date in­clud­ing im­pact es­ti­mates and pos­si­ble next steps

  Definitely… We expected no effect at worst, so at least it was trialled small and in a well-controlled manner! Do share if you have opportunities, so that it’s not repeated or rolled out somewhere. Thanks!

  We’ll see what the data show and post an update once we make a decision.

Healthier Hens Y2 up­date in­clud­ing im­pact es­ti­mates and pos­si­ble next steps

• lukasj10🔸Sep 28, 2023, 1:25 PM

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  on: Re­sources: Pur­su­ing a ca­reer in an­i­mal ad­vo­cacy (even if you’re a longter­mist!)

  Thanks for putting this together, Ren!
  
  Double link for Animal Advocacy in the Age of AI (EA Forum), I think.

• lukasj10🔸Apr 25, 2023, 5:15 PM

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  in reply to: Tristan Williams’s comment on: A sub­jec­tive ac­count of what it’s like to join an EA-al­igned org with­out pre­vi­ous EA knowledge

  Thanks for the feedback Tristan. Yes, really happy with the hire!
  
  Great idea with the narrative-type write-up! I definitely see how it could read better.

• lukasj10🔸Apr 15, 2023, 7:20 PM

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  on: An­nounc­ing In­no­vate An­i­mal Ag (like GFI but for An­i­mal Welfare Tech)

  Nice one Robert! All the best. <3

Healthier Hens Y1.5 Up­date and scale­down assessment

• lukasj10🔸Oct 22, 2022, 9:40 AM

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  in reply to: Charles He’s comment on: Healthier Hens Y1 up­date in­clud­ing challenges so far and a call for funding

  Thanks for your support, Charles! Y2 should really give us more insight into what’s possible.

Healthier Hens Y1 up­date in­clud­ing challenges so far and a call for funding

• lukasj10🔸Sep 29, 2022, 11:31 PM

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  on: CCTV cam­eras in slaugh­ter­houses: Modest benefits for an­i­mal welfare

  Thanks for sharing this—interesting! Would your opinion on the mandatory use of CCTV change significantly if you considered on-farm CCTV instead?

• lukasj10🔸Aug 31, 2022, 7:16 AM

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  in reply to: pete’s comment on: A sub­jec­tive ac­count of what it’s like to join an EA-al­igned org with­out pre­vi­ous EA knowledge

  Thanks for the feedback, pete! I’ve just gotten rid of AW. We’ll read it once more to see where we can reduce the use of some of the others, too.

A sub­jec­tive ac­count of what it’s like to join an EA-al­igned org with­out pre­vi­ous EA knowledge

[Question] What would you like to ask a se­nior staff mem­ber who joined a new EA-al­igned org with­out pre­vi­ous EA ex­pe­rience?

• lukasj10🔸May 18, 2022, 10:56 AM

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  in reply to: danielyu’s comment on: Les­sons learned from coun­try vis­its and pi­lot coun­try se­lec­tion – Healthier Hens 6M Update

  Thanks for your kind words and support!

Les­sons learned from coun­try vis­its and pi­lot coun­try se­lec­tion – Healthier Hens 6M Update

• lukasj10🔸Oct 29, 2021, 10:18 AM

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  on: FTX EA Fellowships

  Interesting! It sounds like you’ll have more rounds of this program later. E.g. in a year? How likely is that, would you now say?