Tag: Effective Altruism
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In Defense of AI safety Research
I am an effective altruist, so I’m naturally skeptical of schemes to improve the world that don’t have a lot of evidence behind them. I try to do a lot to support efforts to alleviate global poverty (mostly donating money). I like giving that way because I think it’s very certain that it will do…
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Cost Effectiveness of Climate Change
Originally posted on the effective altruism forum, and there’s some good discussion in the comments there. (Epistemic status: Low confidence in end result. I’m not an expert, and I am likely to be overlooking something important. The methodology is informative and there are good links. I’ve tried to point out sources of numerical uncertainty.) How…