“40 hot takes” by LewisBollard
Note: This post was crossposted from the Coefficient Giving Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on th...
13 Okt 14min
“Eccentrically Effective” by William_MacAskill
This month effective altruism has gotten lots of attention, including a cover story in The Economist. It feels pretty surreal to be on the receiving end of it. But I feel grateful these ideas have cau...
9 Okt 6min
“76x cash transfers: too good to be true or a (missed) opportunity? An invitation for dialogue on a recent Rethink Priorities Report” by Niek Versteegde, founder GOAL 3, Channelijne (Chan) Hulshof🔹
TL;DR GOAL 3 is a social enterprise that created IMPALA, a patient monitoring and digital platform system for low-resource settings. There is also a GOAL 3 foundation that raises funds to ensure unde...
8 Okt 20min
“Swarm Scaling” by Toby_Ord
Just how powerful are large swarms of AI agents? And how do their powers scale as more and more agents are added to the swarm? We’ve seen two large and extremely capable swarms from OpenAI in the last...
25 Sep 13min
“Too many people in EA underprice the cost of a bad reputation” by GraceAdams🔸
Summary: Good work helps build a good reputation, but it's not the only factor. Reputation also requires making your work legible, building relationships with stakeholders, and communicating with them...
17 Sep 7min
“EA Should Invest in Animal Liberation and Diet Change Advocacy” by Bruce Friedrich 🔸
I want to start by noting that I am enthusiastic about everything that the EA animal welfare movement has accomplished. I am enthusiastically supportive of all of the campaigns that make living and dy...
16 Sep 9min
“Do AI safety talent programmes work? Nobody has run the study that would tell us.” by Laura Thomas-Walters
Headline finding: I audited 17 AI Safety Talent programmes. Zero of 17 have published any comparison group, rejected-applicant follow-up, matched control or randomisation. Not one. Every programme tha...
14 Sep 12min
“Beware Silver Bullets: Are we making “welfare tech” into the next animal advocacy bubble?” by Rockwell, Tom Billington
Epistemic status: Speculation from two decently informed advocates armed with anecdata. Note on process: After having some version of this conversation several times and saying, “we should probably wr...
14 Sep 15min
