Mitchell Laughlin🔸

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Mar 4, 2024, 8:12 AM

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo🔸’s comment on: How did you find your MITx MicroMasters?

  Thank you!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Feb 18, 2024, 8:47 AM

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  in reply to: Mo Putera’s comment on: Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

  Super helpful addition, thanks Mo.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Feb 18, 2024, 8:46 AM

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo🔸’s comment on: Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

  This was helpful, thanks Vasco.

[Question] Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Feb 8, 2024, 3:55 AM

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  on: Look­ing for: songs or art that in­spire EA values

  I really like Bastille’s Hope For the Future (especially their Coal Drops version).
  Be More Kind by Frank Turner is a really lovely song.
  

[Question] How did you find your MITx MicroMasters?

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Jan 23, 2024, 5:34 AM

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  in reply to: jackva’s comment on: Who should we in­ter­view for The 80,000 Hours Pod­cast?

  I’m atheistic/​agnostic and am unfamiliar with Dominic Roser.… but I think that discussing the compatibility of EA with religious views/​a religious view would be very interesting and appealing to a large number of people.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Jan 20, 2024, 5:07 AM

  15 points

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  on: Mitchell Laugh­lin’s Quick takes

  Hiya! Wondering if anyone wanted to donation swap with me for 2024?
  
  I’m looking to donate around AUD 5,500 each to the Good Food Institute, Giving What We Can, and Family Empowerment Media. I think these are all tax-deductible in the US, UK, and the Netherlands, but sadly not in Australia (update: GWWC is tax-deductible in Australia via EA Australia, also there’s currently a funding match for donations made before Jan 31st).
  
  If anyone is planning on making a (roughly) similarly sized donation (GBP 2,900, USD 3,700, EUR 3,300) across 2024 (in one donation or split into months or quarters), to a charity that is tax-deductible in Australia please reach out!!!
  
  Thanks a bunch,
  Mitch
  
  Update:
  This went excellently and I’ve organised my swap! Thanks all

Mitchell Laugh­lin’s Quick takes

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Jan 4, 2024, 7:30 AM

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  on: Effec­tive al­tru­ism as the most ex­cit­ing cause in the world

  Hi Kaj, enjoyed the post!
  
  I just wanted to ask if you might consider changing the “his” in “by donating a measly 10% of his income” to “their”, noting that there are no other gendered references in the post. Maybe I’m being a little pedantic but I think I’m always quite eager to make sure women feel as at home in EA as I do!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Jan 3, 2024, 10:27 AM

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  on: Malaria Vac­cine Re­search Help Needed

  Hi Josh, apologies if this was detailed elsewhere, but do you have any skills you’re after for pool members? I’d be keen to help out if you thought I could.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Nov 29, 2023, 10:04 AM

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  on: How I feel about my GWWC Pledge

  I identified with so many aspects of this post. Thank you for writing it, Michael.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Nov 25, 2023, 1:51 AM

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  on: Health in poor coun­tries prob­lem profile

  Hiya! I think the Smoking in developing countries read more link is broken. Might be worth fixing. Also if in the process of fixing it someone could link me to it (or let me know if it’s no longer recommended, etc.) that’d be great!!! Thanks

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸Nov 25, 2023, 1:30 AM

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo🔸’s comment on: Direct effects of marine plas­tic pol­lu­tion on wild an­i­mals seem small

  Thanks for adding those links, definitely helpful.
  
  I think it might be more comprehensible to use 10^x notation, given I imagine most readers would be more familiar with that concept (happy to be corrected). It would also make it so units would be comparable (i.e., it’s easy to see that 10^-8 is much less than 10^-4) without switching back and forth between a Wikipedia article (as I had to do).