I don’t know why people keep downvoting my posts. I agree that they could be better, but I don’t think my post’s karma accurately reflects their worth. I am biased, however.
My name is Wes Reisen. I’m currently figuring out career stuff/life plans. I’m relatively new to the EA (I started interacting with it on July 12, 2023)
One potential downside: shorter people means less physical capacity, as somewhat mentioned in the above area. I agree that most recources would be [doubled*], but recources that require physical labor will be comparatively twice as slow, perhaps having a nagative inmact on the economy. I’m not sure if “the doubling” offsets this. Epistemic status: “Idk tho”
Given that you made this forum post, I figured you mighr be in the feild of biosecurity, and therefore might find the database linked here to be useful: https://www.gryphonscientific.com/practice-areas/data-management-and-communications/
I recently found a huge public database of databases, and I figured I’d share it here.
Stay safe, and stay alert (especially on the roads/while driving)
Engage—The END Fund This is interestingly similar
(This is very draft-stage) “Advertising” AI governance as trying to make it impossible for competition of [AI Company name] to beat said AI company but not harm said AI company too much (potentially if said AI company acts safely), then said AI company would likely support said governance.
I didn’t know about this, now I think I have a new netflix shot to watch! thanks!
On the topic, I hear season 7, episode 5 of young sheldon is abput a dangerous AI. Edit: I watched the episode, it’s not.
you do bring up an interesting point that this should be factored into where nets are distributed.
(this is a very draft-stage idea) maybe if the nets weren’t that water-proof, this issue would be solved? (cons: flooding, rain, potential pollution if, in the water, it dissipates, and less durability)
Maybe mention this to someone at givewell? idk tho
Note: I just came up with this idea, so it might be bad: Have some cryptography key thing that only certain institutions have, so keep information out of harms way.
For example, a paper titled “the pandemic-causing abilities of (placeholder), and how to make them.”, or “the dangers of using (placeholder) to jailbreak AI”.
Perhaps the key could be distributed by the government, or maybe when you get a PhD or other level of expertise in the feild, you get the key.
¯_(”/)_/¯
Although I’m no expert, maybe next you could try to be able to convert/download posts into google docs? Super cool btw.
I have a few ideas:
(some of these jobs are less stable, especially at newer charities) https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/our-charities You could apply to Charity Entrepreneurship’s charities, and I think it’s easier to get into the newer ones, since they often don’t yet have as much of an established workforce as older ones. In addition, there’s going to be a swath of new ones soon, and there is a bunch of n We oner around every 6 months.
If you haven’t seen it already, there’s always the 80,000 Hours job board (https://jobs.80000hours.org/?jobPk=9524&utm_source=job-board-alerts).
The EA opportunity board: https://ea-internships.pory.app/
List of EA & EA-adjacent institutions to potentially apply to: https://ea-internships.pory.app/orgs
if you’d like, I can link more specific opportunities—but for that please specify a few requirements (such as a broad salary minimum, general work hours, languages of fluency, and as many as you’d feel comfortable sharing.)
It’s possible that investing right and gaming prediction markets[1], something in which EAs have an advantage (this also means that money gained through prediction markets is likely also money that other EAs lost, however), is potentially an easier, more cost-effective, and time-effective way to double your impact when donating to charities.
In addition, perhaps charities should try to multiply the amount of money they have to do good with, using methods like these.
Those are some good points! I’ll make this a quick take, though I don’t plan on developing it further, as I don’t see it as more time-efficient than my other projects. Thanks!
Why are people downvoting this? please tell me so I can improve it
New potential cause area: preventing pandemics or pandemic spread in non-human animals. (this is perhaps most tractable for farmed animals, and is already worked on for farmed animals.)
I found this to be really interesting, and figured others might also find it interesting:
(Learn more here: Rule of succession—Wikipedia)
(Note that this relies on you knowing nothing else about the weights of the die. It’s a good model even when you do know more info on the weights, but not a perfect one.)
Generally, for funds, I recommend the Job board | Funds list | 80,000 Hours (80000hours.org)
The Job board | Funds list | 80,000 Hours (80000hours.org) might have some funds (Around 5 to 15) on the topic.
I will if/when I do address it
Is there going to be any open forum before the event ends in 2 hours that I can attend virtually?