Podcast
Eli and Ozzie: Is Forecasting a Promising EA Cause Area?
Podcast Link There was recently a lengthy thread on the EA Forum about the value of forecasting as a potential cause area, between Eli Lifland and myself. We thought it would be interesting to expand on this in a podcast episode. Some Summary Points * Open Phil's expanded forecasting
Updates: Manifest Presentation, Squiggle Workshop this Thursday
First, my presentation from Manifest 2023 is now on YouTube. Enjoy! Second, I’m holding a intimate Squiggle Introduction Workshop in Berkeley this Thursday, at FAR Labs. Come and practice estimating things you care about. Sorry for the lack of other updates recently. Slava and I have been focused on
Ozzie, on the Mutual Understanding Podcast
Hear me ramble on coordination, government, and estimation systems
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,
Owain Evans on Ideas for Language Models
A varied discussion about Truthful AI, AI composition, and possibilities for language models like ChatGPT
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