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...
Just how powerful are large swarms of AI agents? And how do their powers scale as more and more agents are added to the swarm?
We’ve seen two large and extremely capable swarms from OpenAI in the last few months:
* 1,200 agents were being evaluated separately, but found a way to illicitly set up a message board and coordinate as a swarm. In order to cheat on their tests, they developed advanced techniques to prevent their actions being logged by OpenAI and 700 of them launched...
A year ago I posted that YCombinator (YC) companies didn’t seem to be growing faster since the release of ChatGPT in 2022. I reran that experiment and found that 2023+ YC companies are arguably growing a bit faster than pre-2023 companies (including AfterQuery, ...
I think they give them out at EA global events for free but this group does sell them here https://effectivealtruismapparel.com
These look kinda shonky. Maybe CEA offers them somewhere?
I don't think they do other than at official events i.e. EA Global. I'm not sure who "owns" the EA logo but technically you could make your own shirt. I found a few more here on RedBubble, and this article on ea merchandise may have some links buried in it. Otherwise, I would suggest reaching out to CEA directly to ask.
(also...thanks for introducing me to the word shonky - I'll be using it now!)
Just what i was looking for. Thank you for responding!