This post is part of a series by Convergence Analysis’ AI Clarity team.
Justin Bullock and Elliot Mckernon have recently motivated AI Clarity’s focus on the notion of transformative AI (TAI). In an earlier post, Corin Katzke introduced...
Thank you for this feedback - these are good points! Glad you liked the article.
The way I approached collecting personal judgement based predictions was roughly as follows:
He got off easy, in my opinion. I wrote earlier here about the need for general deterrence, as well as enhancement for certain aggravating factors like witness tampering and perjury.
For non-U.S. readers, the sentence may seem pretty harsh; the actual time to serve may end up roughly equal to the median UK single murderer who did not bring a weapon to the scene and whose conduct did not involve any other statutory aggravating factor. But, compared to what the US criminal justice system regularly hands out for various levels of moral culpability and harm cau...
This is a reading list on the long reflection and the closely related, more recently coined notions of ASI governance, reflective governance and grand challenges.
I claim that this area outscores regular AI safety on importance[1] while being significantly...
This neglect is itself perhaps one of the most important puzzles of our time. With AGI very plausibly just a few years away, why aren't more people throwing money or time/effort at this cluster of problems just out of self interest? Why isn't there more intellectual/academic interest in these topics, many of which seem so intrinsically interesting to me?
I think all of:
If you've read Leif's WIRED article or Poverty is No Pond & have questions for him, I'd love to share them with him & in turn share his answers here.
Thank you, M, for sharing this with me & encouraging me to connect.
Questions designed to trip him up or teach him a lesson are emotionally tempting, but don't seem very useful to me. Better to ask him how he thinks practical stuff can be improved, or what he thinks particularly big mistakes of GiveWell or other EA orgs were in terms of funding decisions, not broad philosophy (we've all heard standard objections to consequentialism before.) I suspect he won't have any good suggestions, on the latter, but you never know.
TLDR: If you're an EA-minded animal funder donating $200K/year or more, we'd love to connect with you about several exciting initiatives that AIM is launching over the next several months.
AIM (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship) has a history of incubating and supporting...
...I think in general, our research is pretty unusual in that we are quite willing to publish research that has a fairly limited number of hours put into it. Partly, this is due to our research not being aimed at external actors (e.g., convincing funders, the broader animal movement, other orgs) as much as aimed at people already fairly convinced on founding a charity and aimed at a quite specific question of what would be the best org to found. We do take an approach that is more accepting of errors, particularly ones that do not affect endline decisions con
I am following the advice of Aaron Gertler and writing a post about my job. 80000 hours has independent career path pages dedicated to getting an economics PhD and doing academic research, but the specifics of my personal experience may be of interest. Plus, it was fun ...
Hi Vasco, thanks for reading. And thanks for your dedication to animals :) I've seen a few of your posts on this topic.
If you think you'll be interested in economics PhD programs, I would encourage you to aim to apply for the next cycle (Dec '24/Jan '25). There's a lot of randomness in the process, and your grades will matter more than RA-experience, so I'd say go for it as soon as you can, given how long these programs are. If you don't get in anywhere, you can be applying for RA-ships in the meantime, and take one if that's your best option before trying...
Social Change Lab has two exciting opportunities for people passionate about social movements, animal advocacy and research to join our team!
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We are looking for a strategic leader to join our team as interim Director. This role will be maternity cover for our current Director (me!) and will be a 12-month contract from July 2024. As Director, you would lead our small team in delivering cutting-edge research on the outcomes and strategies of the animal advocacy and climate movements and ensuring widespread communication of this work to key stakeholders.
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We also have a potential opportunity for a Research and Communications Officer to join our team for 12 months. Please note this role is dependent on how hiring for our interim Director goes, as we will likely only hire one of these two roles.
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TL;DR: Global performance indicators (GPIs) compare countries' policy performance, encouraging competition and pressuring policymakers for reforms. While effective, creating GPIs carries risks such as public backlash. However, certain characteristics can mitigate these ...
Executive summary: Global performance indicators (GPIs) that rank jurisdictions on animal welfare policies could be an effective and low-cost tool to drive policy changes, if designed well to maximize impact and minimize risks.
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I don't think the piece says that.