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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.
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At least $70 million...
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...
Two weeks ago, I released a population ethics quiz. 582 people took it.[1] Here's what I learned from reading the responses.
Cross-posted from my website.
Preamble, and a new edition of the quiz
I was worried that I'd...
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From an email sent to all EA Global attendees this weekend:
The EA Global team has appointed a board of advisors to help us decide whether to cancel or reschedule EA Global, given the outbreak of COVID-19. However, we may still hold the conference at the intended time.
Our advisors will consider recent data on the spread of the virus in the Bay Area and in areas many attendees are traveling from, among other factors. We plan to provide more information next week about the board members and the process they will use to make a decision.