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Noah Birnbaum

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I am a rising junior at the University of Chicago (co-president of UChicago EA and founder of Rationality Group). I am mostly interested in philosophy (particularly metaethics, formal epistemology, and decision theory), economics, and entrepreneurship.

I also have a Substack where I post about philosophy (ethics, epistemology, EA, and other stuff). Find it here: https://​​substack.com/​​@irrationalitycommunity?utm_source=user-menu.

Reach out to me via email @ dnbirnbaum@uchicago.edu

Prepar­ing for a Warn­ing Shot

Noah Birnbaum5 Feb 2026 15:12 UTC
25 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Lay­ing Some Cause-Pri­ori­ti­za­tion Ground­work for Digi­tal Minds

Noah Birnbaum31 Jan 2026 18:16 UTC
63 points
15 comments12 min readEA link

Why UBI Won’t Save Us from AI (and What Might): A Linkpost

Noah Birnbaum23 Dec 2025 5:45 UTC
7 points
0 comments24 min readEA link
(asteriskmag.substack.com)

Eval­u­at­ing AI Self-Re­ports of Con­scious­ness/​Welfare by Their Causal Origin

Noah Birnbaum16 Dec 2025 22:53 UTC
12 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

The soft­ware in­tel­li­gence ex­plo­sion de­bate needs ex­per­i­ments (linkpost)

Noah Birnbaum15 Nov 2025 6:13 UTC
13 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(substack.com)

Against be­ing fanatical

Noah Birnbaum1 Oct 2025 12:33 UTC
24 points
5 comments7 min readEA link

Why You Should Be­come a Univer­sity Group Organizer

Noah Birnbaum29 Jul 2025 13:00 UTC
136 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

Yes, Wel­lbe­ing Can Be Aggregated

Noah Birnbaum21 Jul 2025 0:35 UTC
13 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

Noah Birn­baum’s Quick takes

Noah Birnbaum16 Jul 2025 16:56 UTC
4 points
29 commentsEA link

Mo­ral­ity Isn’t Objective

Noah Birnbaum26 Jun 2025 13:42 UTC
43 points
17 comments16 min readEA link

Univer­sity Groups Should Run Socials

Avik Garg28 Apr 2025 21:39 UTC
37 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

In­for­mal Poll on Mo­ral Real­ism Among EAs at EAG Bay Area

Noah Birnbaum20 Mar 2025 23:39 UTC
11 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Is­sues in (Meta) Nor­ma­tive Ethics

Noah Birnbaum5 Feb 2025 3:34 UTC
14 points
5 comments11 min readEA link
(irrationalitycommunity.substack.com)

[Question] Chil­dren in Low-In­come Countries

Noah Birnbaum12 Dec 2024 17:45 UTC
2 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Against AI As An Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

Noah Birnbaum30 Jul 2024 19:24 UTC
6 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(irrationalitycommunity.substack.com)

[Question] Prizes for EA Red Teaming

Noah Birnbaum22 Jul 2024 21:13 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Ar­ti­cle Against Utilitarianism

Noah Birnbaum18 Jul 2024 20:59 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(open.substack.com)

EAs Shouldn’t Talk About (Most) Politics

Noah Birnbaum23 Jun 2024 17:19 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(irrationalitycommunity.substack.com)

Progress Stud­ies Vs EA

Noah Birnbaum18 Jun 2024 18:00 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(asteriskmag.com)

Effec­tive Altru­ism and Reflec­tive Equilibrium

Noah Birnbaum6 Jun 2024 14:49 UTC
13 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(irrationalitycommunity.substack.com)