Ginsberg’s poem famously begins “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”. I am luckier than Ginsberg. I got to see the best minds of my generation identify a problem and get to work.
- Scott Alexander
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How much does music, literature and art influence people’s perception of reality?
Where is it on the scale from “All our opinions come from external sources.” via “The messages in art are irrelevant, people enjoy things without it changing their worldview.” to “People consume only art that matches their worldview.”?
Is the “tech-right” getting more traction because it embraces AI art which is quick to generate and can be captivating?
Example (not sure if this person is “tech-right”): A song about Elon Musk with genuinely catchy music: https://youtu.be/wWZYP5jn5w4
IMO definitions of sentience that include shrimps are borderline useless.
@Thomas Moispointner will join us next month instead: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/events/rcBsLkaGhLcELPtaD/talk-and-meetup-with-thomas-from-effektiv-spenden
UPDATE: @Thomas Moispointner is sick; meetup without talk today. :(
There has been a mix-up, @Thomas Moispointner will be joining us in March.
You’re still very welcome to join us if you’re interested in chatting, networking and learning about Effective Altruism.
EA Berlin Talk & Community Meetup with Thomas from Effektiv Spenden
Can you explain Panel B in Table 1 to me?
It looks to me like the income of the Caregivers in the treatment group is lower than in the control group.
Start and end time are not readable for me when creating and editing events in dark mode.
Is that just me?
Browser: Firefox, OS: Windows 11.
Usually classes (especially entry-level) are in German, which is a big hurdle. Universities can decide themselves to offer courses in English and set requirements for English and German levels (at the beginning or some point of the degree). Malengo researches the details (which might change year to year) for their own strategy and to support the students in finding a fitting degree.
University is relatively cheap (state-run universities are subsidized heavily), but foreign students don’t get any other support (Germans do) and have to prove a source of income/sufficient wealth for their visum.
I don’t know the mechanics for working visas and permanent residency, but I’d expect it to be relatively easy for someone who did their degree here.
Source: German and mentor for Malengo.
That’s not what I asked: In percentage points, how likely do you think you are right (and people who value e.g. GHWB over Animal Welfare are wrong)?
IIRC studies show it’s easier to motivate people to give more than to shift existing donations.
How sure are you are right and the other EA (who has also likely thought carefully about their donations) is wrong, though?
I’m much more confident that I will increase the impact of someone’s donation / spending if they are not in EA, rather than being too convinced of my own opinion and causing harm (by negative side effects, opportunity costs or lowering the value of their donation).
Disclaimer: Just skimmed the paper.
Their definition of “self-replication” seems to be just to copy the model weights to another place and start it on an open port—no unexpected capability.
To see the performance of AI agents on more complex AI R&D tasks, I recommend METR’s recent publication: https://metr.org/AI_R_D_Evaluation_Report.pdf
Having a human-centric core in EA seems robustly good to me, so we’re sure to make the world a better place even if our other ideas don’t pan out.
$1 increase in women’s income
What kind of income is this? Monthly, yearly, lifetime?
Very interesting, thanks for the analysis!
To me especially Figure 3 is important, it’s insane how much food goes unharvested and how bad animals are at producing food.
Is there also a version that uses kcal instead of tons and that breaks down animal products into meat and vegetarian?
Minor correction, it’s Alternative für Deutschland.
I don’t know much about painkillers in LMICs, but in my understanding the US prescribes many more opioids than other western countries (like Germany, where I’m from). So this idea/problem might be specific to the US.
@mincho: How does Suzetrigine compare to existing non-opioid painkillers?
For anyone interested in how to go from research to large-scale production, there recently was an article about that in Works in Progress: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/getting-materials-out-of-the-lab/
Update: We’ll be joining forces with the Qualia Research Institute, who are in Berlin this week: https://qualiacomputing.com/2024/05/17/qri-in-germany/
I think we’ll get along great and there’s a big overlap. Scott:
The Qualia Research Institute is doing absolutely picture-perfect mad science.
Just an info, nothing actually changes!
Without commenting on this specific case, I think society in general is bad at dealing with people who have made large mistakes, especially former criminals.
I’m sad that PR concerns and risk aversion are legitimate reasons not to do (much) better.
To be clear: I don’t condone crime, and FTX’s leadership committed serious fraud.