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| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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| Open Thread 217 | 2022-03-27 | Scott Alexander | Astral Codex Ten | Carrick Flynn for Congress | Miscellaneous commentary | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | Point 2 of the open thread talks about the Carrick Flynn for Congress campaign, saying: "Carrick has fought poverty in Africa, worked on biosecurity and pandemic prevention since 2015, and is a world expert on the intersection of AI safety and public policy (see eg this paper he co-wrote with Nick Bostrom). He also supports normal Democratic priorities like the environment, abortion rights, and universal health care (see here for longer list). See also this endorsement from biosecurity grantmaker Andrew SB. Although he’s getting support from some big funders, campaign finance privileges small-to-medium-sized donations from ordinary people. If you want to support him, you can see a list of possible options here - including donations. You can donate max $2900 for the primary, plus another $2900 for the general that will be refunded if he doesn’t make it. If you do donate, it would be extra helpful if the money came in before a key reporting deadline March 31." | ||
| Practically-a-book review: EA Hotel | 2018-08-20 | Scott Alexander | Slate Star Codex | Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research | Evaluator review of donee | Effective altruism/housing | Scott Alexander covers the EA Hotel (which has just started accepting bookings) and explains why he finds the project endearing. He writes: "I have no idea if this project is a good use of anyone’s time or money, but I find it endearing. Part of this is of course the giant middle finger raised at Henry VIII – undissolution of the English monasteries and all that. But it’s also how I picture a near-term future where everything goes better than expected. A modest basic income could give everyone the opportunity to live a spartan but generally pleasant lifestyle in a friendly and meaningful community of intellectually-aligned people." | ||
| Fear and Loathing at Effective Altruism Global 2017 | 2017-08-16 | Scott Alexander | Slate Star Codex | Open Philanthropy | GiveWell Centre for Effective Altruism Center for Effective Global Action Raising for Effective Giving 80,000 Hours Wild-Animal Suffering Research Qualia Research Institute Foundational Research Institute | Miscellaneous commentary | Scott Alexander describes his experience at Effective ALtruism Global 2017. He describes how the effective altruism movement has both the formal-looking, "suits" people who are in charge of large amounts of money, and the "weirdos" who are toying around with ideas that seem strange and are not mainstream even within effective altruism. However, he feels that rather than being two separate groups, the two groups blend into and overlap with each other. He sees this as a sign that the effective altruism movement is composed of genuinely good people who are looking to make a difference, and explains why he thinks they are succeeding | ||
| Tumblr on MIRI | 2014-10-07 | Scott Alexander | Slate Star Codex | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Evaluator review of donee | AI safety | The blog post is structured as a response to recent criticism of MIRI on Tumblr, but is mainly a guardedly positive assessment of MIRI. In particular, it highlights the important role played by MIRI in elevating the profile of AI risk, citing attention from Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Gary Drescher, Max Tegmark, Stuart Russell, and Peter Thiel. |
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