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Peter Wildeford

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I’m a former data scientist with 5 years industry experience now working in Washington DC to bridge the gap between policy and emerging technology. AI is moving very quickly and we need to help the government keep up!

I work at IAPS, a think tank of aspiring wonks working to understand and navigate the transformative potential of advanced AI. Our mission is to identify and promote strategies that maximize the benefits of AI for society and develop thoughtful solutions to minimize its risks.

I’m also a professional forecaster with specializations in geopolitics and electoral forecasting.

How much does it cost to re­search and de­velop a vac­cine?

Peter WildefordFeb 24, 2018, 1:23 AM
7 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

What is An­i­mal Farm­ing in Ru­ral Zam­bia Like? A Site Visit

Peter WildefordFeb 19, 2018, 8:49 PM
18 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Four Or­ga­ni­za­tions EAs Should Fully Fund for 2018

Peter WildefordDec 12, 2017, 7:17 AM
40 points
28 comments7 min readEA link

Is EA Grow­ing? Some EA Growth Met­rics for 2017

Peter WildefordSep 5, 2017, 11:36 PM
19 points
24 comments4 min readEA link

How long does it take to re­search and de­velop a new vac­cine?

Peter WildefordJun 28, 2017, 11:20 PM
23 points
6 comments8 min readEA link

Can we ap­ply start-up in­vest­ing prin­ci­ples to non-prof­its?

Peter WildefordJun 27, 2017, 3:16 AM
40 points
9 comments10 min readEA link

The 2017 Effec­tive Altru­ism Sur­vey—Please Take!

Peter WildefordApr 24, 2017, 9:01 PM
10 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

How do EA Orgs Ac­count for Uncer­tainty in their Anal­y­sis?

Peter WildefordApr 5, 2017, 4:48 PM
17 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism is Not a Competition

Peter WildefordJan 5, 2017, 2:11 AM
73 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Semi-reg­u­lar Open Thread #35

Peter WildefordDec 30, 2016, 10:28 PM
9 points
27 comments1 min readEA link

Why I Took the Giv­ing What We Can Pledge

Peter WildefordDec 28, 2016, 12:02 AM
26 points
1 comment10 min readEA link

What is the ex­pected value of cre­at­ing a GiveWell top char­ity?

Peter WildefordDec 18, 2016, 2:02 AM
24 points
15 comments6 min readEA link

How many hits does hits-based giv­ing get? A con­crete study idea to find out (and a $1500 offer for im­ple­men­ta­tion)

Peter WildefordDec 9, 2016, 3:08 AM
16 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

Thoughts on the Re­duc­etar­ian Labs MTurk Study

Peter WildefordDec 2, 2016, 5:12 PM
21 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Us­ing a Spread­sheet to Make Good De­ci­sions: Five Examples

Peter WildefordNov 26, 2016, 2:21 AM
82 points
6 comments8 min readEA link

Stu­dents for High Im­pact Char­ity: Re­view and $10K Grant

Peter WildefordSep 27, 2016, 9:05 PM
15 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

A Method for Au­to­matic Trust­wor­thi­ness in Study Pre-Registration

Peter WildefordSep 25, 2016, 4:22 AM
14 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Us­ing Ama­zon’s Me­chan­i­cal Turk for An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy Stud­ies: Op­por­tu­ni­ties and Challenges

Peter WildefordAug 2, 2016, 7:24 PM
26 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

Five Ways to Han­dle Flow-Through Effects

Peter WildefordJul 28, 2016, 3:39 AM
43 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

End-Re­la­tional The­ory of Meta-ethics: A Dialogue

Peter WildefordJun 28, 2016, 8:11 PM
38 points
5 comments16 min readEA link