“General capability - and capabilities generally - have no good y-axis” by Gregory Lewis🔸
BLUF: To determine whether AI is ‘improving exponentially’, ‘hitting the wall’, or any other claim which involves a quantity or magnitude (e.g. ‘This model was a big leap/small increment’). We need a...
8 Elo 1h 7min
“Never born, then maybe died twice” by NickLaing
“Your balls are baked aren’t they, mate”. He would not have been bornThanks Lyndon, that describes the situation. Like almost 1 in 10 modern men, my sperm weren’t up to the task - at least not the old...
1 Elo 10min
“Announcing: Cluelessness Critiques Competition” by Toby Tremlett🔹, Will Aldred
TL;DR We’re hosting an essay competition to elicit responses to Anthony DiGiovanni's sequence, ‘The challenge of unawareness for impartial altruist action guidance’—submit your entries by August 14th...
30 Heinä 13min
“Spiro: an update 2.5 years on and a fundraising ask for expansion” by Habiba Banu
Summary Back in November 2023 I posted here to launch Spiro and raise our first 198 thousand dollars. Two and a half years later this is an update and a fundraiser for the next step. The short version...
26 Heinä 17min
“Let’s taboo the V-word” by lincolnq
“How long have you been v*g*n?” This is one of the most common icebreakers at animal protection events. It's a baseline assumption, and it mostly holds true: if you’re out advocating for animals not t...
14 Heinä 12min
“Giving What We Can’s first YouTube Video is out now!” by JustinPortela
Hello! I'm Justin Portela. I got hired by GWWC to make YouTube videos after AI in Context did such a kickass job. My channel is using that same cinematic, high-production value beauty to talk about e...
9 Heinä 1min
“I’m never satisfied” by Ajeya
Note: This post was crossposted from Planned Obsolescence by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on this post. But we get the job done I was twe...
8 Heinä 6min
“Maybe do the thing you wish CEA would do” by alejoacelas 🔸
I used AI to fix transcription errors, rerrarange the ideas, and suggest tweaks to the title and some sentences. Three of the most exciting projects to come out of EA in recent years are, in a vague s...
8 Heinä 4min
