Headline finding: I audited 17 AI Safety Talent programmes. Zero of 17 have published any comparison group, rejected-applicant follow-up, matched control or randomisation. Not one. Every programme that mentions a counterfactual does it by asking participants to self-report.
Background
At least $70 million...
Author: Grace Ryba (she/her), Executive Director
TL;DR:
* BluePerch is a new animal welfare grantmaker.
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In celebration of still being alive and fighting, we are giving away 1,000 Amazon e-books of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”. Feel free to send a copy to yourself, a loved one, or a friend—we need all hands on deck.
Today marks exactly one year since If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All, by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soare...
Substack isn't perfect, but I feel like for getting more people to read these great posts that would be a clear winner? I would also personally prefer it as it has native audio functionality and fits into my broader reading diet more seamlessly. Also crossposting to EAF seems good for key posts.
Thanks! We do have a Substack (https://defensesindepth.substack.com/) and we will post lightly edited versions of future posts there for easy distribution. (The posts might be lightly edited because tables and math equations don't always copy over neatly.)