“There is no sorting hat in EA” by ElliotTep
Summary My sense is some EAs act like/hope they will be assigned the perfect impactful career by some combination of 80,000 Hours recommendations (and similar) and ‘perceived consensus views in EA’. ...
19 Joulu 202415min
“Nigeria’s Missing 50 Million People” by DavidNash
Summary Nigeria's official population (~220-230 million) may be significantly inflated and could be closer to 170 million This overcount is likely driven by political and financial incentives for sta...
18 Joulu 202425min
“My experience with the Community Health team at CEA” by fran
Summary This post shares my personal experience with CEA's Community Health team, focusing on how they helped me navigate a difficult situation in 2021. I aim to provide others with a concrete example...
17 Joulu 20249min
“Gwern on creating your own AI race and China’s Fast Follower strategy.” by Larks
This is a link post. Gwern recently wrote a very interesting thread about Chinese AI strategy and the downsides of US AI racing. It's both quite short and hard to excerpt so here is almost the entire ...
16 Joulu 20244min
“Technical Report on Mirror Bacteria: Feasibility and Risks” by Aaron Gertler 🔸
This is a link post. Science just released an article, with an accompanying technical report, about a neglected source of biological risk. From the abstract of the technical report: This report descri...
13 Joulu 20242min
“EA Forum audio: help us choose the new voice” by peterhartree, TYPE III AUDIO
We’re thinking about changing our narrator's voice.There are three new voices on the shortlist. They’re all similarly good in terms of comprehension, emphasis, error rate, etc. They just sound differe...
12 Joulu 20241min
Podcast and transcript: Allan Saldanha on earning-to-give
Me and Allan recorded this podcast on Tuesday 10th December, based on the questions in this AMA. I used Claude to edit the transcript, but I've read over it for accuracy.
11 Joulu 20240s
“Where I Am Donating in 2024” by MichaelDickens
Summary It's been a while since I last put serious thought into where to donate. Well I'm putting thought into it this year and I'm changing my mind on some things. I now put more priority on existe...
7 Joulu 20241h 51min
