Conveniences in Thought and Communication
Communication often makes winners and losers. I propose we use the term "convenience" to help clarify what's going on.
Patrick Gruban, on Effective Altruism Germany and Nonprofit Boards in EA
Here’s a discussion between myself and Patrick Gruban. Patrick Gruban is the co-director and managing director of Effective Altruism Germany and the co-founder and managing director of Rosy Green Wool. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in different fields, including software development, visual arts,
Squiggle 0.7.0
New functions, ESM Modules, a better Playground editor, several fixes
Owain Evans on Ideas for Language Models
A varied discussion about Truthful AI, AI composition, and possibilities for language models like ChatGPT
Accuracy Agreements: A Flexible Alternative to Prediction Markets
A simple proposal to convert money into complex forecasts
Winners of the Squiggle Experimentation and 80,000 Hours Quantification Challenges
In the second half of 2022, we announced the Squiggle Experimentation Challenge and a $5k challenge to quantify the impact of 80,000 hours' top career paths. For the first contest, we got three long entries. For the second we got five, but most were fairly short. This post
Eli Lifland, on Navigating the AI Alignment Landscape
Recently I had a conversation with Eli Lifland about the AI Alignment landscape. Eli Lifland has been a forecaster at Samotsvety and has been investigating said landscape. I’ve known Eli for the last 8 months or so, and have appreciated many of his takes on AI alignment strategy. This
Misha Yagudin and Ozzie Gooen Discuss LLMs and Effective Altruism
Cross-post on the EA Forum Misha and I recently recorded a short discussion about large language models and their uses for effective altruists. This was mostly a regular Zoom meeting, but we added some editing and text transcription. After we wrote up the transcript, both Misha and myself edited our
The QURI Logo and Reflections on 99 Designs
A retrospective look at designing the QURI logo
Who do EAs Feel Comfortable Critiquing?
Many effective altruists seem to find it scary to critique each other
Can EAs use heated topics, in part, as learning opportunities?
Given that we're going through this anyway, maybe we could at least learn from it.
EA Could Use Better Internal Communications Infrastructure
EA is lacking in many areas of enterprise infrastructure. Internal communication feels like a pressing one.