“Estimating the Substitutability between Compute and Cognitive Labor in AI Research” by Parker_Whitfill, CherylWu
Audio note: this article contains 127 uses of latex notation, so the narration may be difficult to follow. There's a link to the original text in the episode description. Confidence: Medium, underlyi...
7 Juni 202520min
“The Importance of Blasting Good Ideas Into The Ether” by Bentham’s Bulldog
Crossposted from my blog. When I started this blog in high school, I did not imagine that I would cause The Daily Show to do an episode about shrimp, containing the following dialogue: Andres: I was ...
5 Juni 202511min
“Positive effects of EA on mental health” by Julia_Wise🔸, Catherine Low🔸, Charlotte Darnell
Mental illness (including struggles that don’t meet a specific diagnosis) is a serious public health burden that affects a large proportion of people. This is true within EA as well as in the general ...
5 Juni 20258min
“Rescaling and The Easterlin Paradox (2.0)” by Charlie Harrison
Around 1 month ago, I wrote a similar Forum post on the Easterlin Paradox. I decided to take it down because: 1) after useful comments, the method looked a little half-baked; 2) I got in touch with tw...
4 Juni 202514min
“Revamped effectivealtruism.org” by Agnes Hasselblad 🔸
We’ve redesigned effectivealtruism.org to improve understanding and perception of effective altruism, and make it easier to take action. View the new site → I led the redesign and will be writing in t...
28 Maj 20255min
“Don’t update too much from EA community involvement” by Catherine Low🔸
Summary While many people and organisations in the EA community can be great connections, don't assume that just because a person has been in the EA community for a long time, they'll be a good fit f...
25 Maj 20255min
″“Most painful condition known to mankind”: A retrospective of the first-ever international research symposium on cluster headache” by Alfredo Parra 🔸
Article 5 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Obviously, no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." OK, it doesn’t actually...
24 Maj 202520min
“Why I am Still Skeptical about AGI by 2030” by James Fodor
Introduction I have been writing posts critical of mainstream EA narratives about AI capabilities and timelines for many years now. Compared to the situation when I wrote my posts in 2018 or 2020, LLM...
23 Maj 202512min
