“How confident are you that it’s preferable for America to develop AGI before China does?” by ScienceMon🔸
The belief that it's preferable for America to develop AGI before China does seems widespread among American effective altruists. Is this belief supported by evidence, or it it just patriotism in disg...
1 Mars 20252min
“Stop calling them labs” by sawyer🔸
Note: This started as a quick take, but it got too long so I made it a full post. It's still kind of a rant; a stronger post would include sources and would have gotten feedback from people more knowl...
25 Feb 20253min
“Ditching what we are good at: A change of course for Anima International in France” by Keyvan Mostafavi, Anima International
My name is Keyvan, and I lead Anima International's work in France. Our organization went through a major transformation in 2024. I want to share that journey with you. Anima International in France u...
25 Feb 202520min
“Teaching AI to reason: this year’s most important story” by Benjamin_Todd
This is a link post. I wrote this to try to explain the key thing going on with AI right now to a broader audience. Feedback welcome. Most people think of AI as a pattern-matching chatbot – good at wr...
22 Feb 202523min
“Using a diet offset calculator to encourage effective giving for farmed animals” by Aidan Alexander, ThomNorman
When we built a calculator to help meat-eaters offset the animal welfare impact of their diet through donations (like carbon offsets), we didn't expect it to become one of our most effective tools for...
13 Feb 20259min
“Why Did Elon Musk Just Offer to Buy Control of OpenAI for $100 Billion?” by Garrison
This is a link post. This is the full text of a post from "The Obsolete Newsletter," a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence. I’m a freel...
13 Feb 202511min
“Leadership change at the Center on Long-Term Risk” by JesseClifton, Tristan Cook, Mia_Taylor
The Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR) does research and community building aimed at reducing s-risk. Jesse Clifton is stepping down as CLR's Executive Director. He’ll be succeeded by Tristan Cook as Man...
4 Feb 20255min
“Climate Change Is Worse Than Factory Farming” by EA Forum Team
This is a link post. Note: This post was crossposted from the United States of Exception Substack by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on this...
4 Feb 20259min
