• Holden Karfnosky — Success without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luck
    Mar 20 2023

    Success without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luck, by Holden Karnofsky.

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/75CtdFj79sZrGpGiX/success-without-dignity-a-nearcasting-story-of-avoiding

    Note: Footnotes in the original article have been omitted.

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    19 mins
  • Larks — A Windfall Clause for CEO could worsen AI race dynamics
    Mar 20 2023

    In this post, Larks argues that the proposal to make AI firms promise to donate a large fraction of profits if they become extremely profitable will primarily benefitting the management of those firms and thereby give managers an incentive to move fast, aggravating race dynamics and in turn increasing existential risk.

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ewroS7tsqhTsstJ44/a-windfall-clause-for-ceo-could-worsen-ai-race-dynamics

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    15 mins
  • Otto Barten — Paper summary: The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch public
    Mar 20 2023

    This is Otto Barten's summary of 'The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch public' by Alexia Georgiadis. In this paper Alexia measures changes in participants' awareness of AGI risks after consuming various media interventions.

    Summary: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fqXLT7NHZGsLmjH4o/paper-summary-the-effectiveness-of-ai-existential-risk

    Original paper: https://existentialriskobservatory.org/papers_and_reports/The_Effectiveness_of_AI_Existential_Risk_Communication_to_the_American_and_Dutch_Public.pdf

    Note: Some tables in the summary have been omitted in this audio version.

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    7 mins
  • Shulman & Thornley — How much should governments pay to prevent catastrophes? Longtermism's limited role
    Mar 20 2023

    Carl Shulman & Elliott Thornley argue that the goal of longtermists should be to get governments to adopt global catastrophic risk policies based on standard cost-benefit analysis rather than arguments that stress the overwhelming importance of the future.

    https://philpapers.org/archive/SHUHMS.pdf

    Note: Tables, notes and references in the original article have been omitted.

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    58 mins
  • Elika Somani — Advice on communicating in and around the biosecurity policy community
    Mar 14 2023

    "The field of biosecurity is more complicated, sensitive and nuanced, especially in the policy space, than what impressions you might get based on publicly available information. As a result, say / write / do things with caution (especially if you are a non-technical person or more junior, or talking to a new (non-EA) expert). This might help make more headway on safer biosecurity policy."

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HCuoMQj4Y5iAZpWGH/advice-on-communicating-in-and-around-the-biosecurity-policy

    Note: Some footnotes in the original article have been omitted.

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    13 mins
  • Riley Harris — Summary of 'Are we living at the hinge of history?' by William MacAskill.
    Mar 14 2023

    The Global Priorities Institute has published a new paper summary: 'Are we living at the hinge of history?' by William MacAskill.

    https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/summary-summary-longtermist-institutional-reform/

    Note: Footnotes and references in the original article have been omitted.

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    7 mins
  • Riley Harris — Summary of 'Longtermist institutional reform' by Tyler M. John and William MacAskill
    Mar 14 2023

    The Global Priorities Institute has published a new paper summary: 'Longtermist institutional reform' by Tyler John & William MacAskill.

    https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/summary-summary-longtermist-institutional-reform/

    Note: Footnotes and references in the original article have been omitted.

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    6 mins
  • Hayden Wilkinson — Global priorities research: Why, how, and what have we learned?
    Mar 13 2023

    The Global Priorities Institute has released Hayden Wilkinson's presentation on global priorities research. (The talk was given in mid-September last year but remained unlisted until now.)

    https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/hayden-wilkinson-global-priorities-research-why-how-and-what-have-we-learned/

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    45 mins