Reposting this comment from the CEO of Open Philanthropy 12 days ago, as I think some people missed it:

A quick update on this: Good Ventures is now open to supporting work that Open Phil recommends on digital minds/AI moral patienthood. We're still figuring out where that work should slot in (including whether we’d open a public call for applications) and will update people working in the field when we do. Additionally, Good Ventures are now open to considering a wider range of recommendations in right-of-center AI policy and a couple other smaller areas (

At times, It feels difficult to choose between survival and ambitions. Survival indirectly forces me not to look at my ambitions coz the later seem too distant. Hence there's no intersection of survival and ambition- this kinda is saddening and sucks the life out of life at times.

I sometimes think of this idea and haven't found anyone mentioning it with a quick AI search: a tax on suffering.

EDIT: there's a paper on this but specific to animal welfare that was shared on the forum earlier this year.

A suffering tax would function as a Pigouvian tax on negative externalities—specifically, the suffering imposed on sentient beings. The core logic: activities that cause suffering create costs not borne by the actor, so taxation internalizes these costs and incentivizes reduction.

This differs from existing approaches (animal welfare regula... (read more)

Ajeya Cotra writes:

I bet a number of generalist EAs (people who are good at operations, conceptual research / analysis, writing, generally getting shit done) should probably switch from working on AI safety and policy to working on biosecurity on the current margin.

While AI risk is a lot more important overall (on my views there's ~20-30% x-risk from AI vs ~1-3% from bio), it seems like bio is a lot more neglected right now and there's a lot of pretty straightforward object-level work to do that could take a big bite out of the problem (something that's mu

Pivotal is hiring a Research Manager for Technical AI Safety. This could be a great fit if you're technical, enjoy being in the weeds of multiple research projects, love 1:1s, or could see yourself as a coach. You don't need to be an experienced RM already, we want to make you one! Apply here – we evaluate on a rolling basis. Recommend people here or to me directly.

given netflix is working on "the altruists" about SBF I think we need to dispute him being EA, if I claimed to be a vegan but then was caught eating meat no one would continue to see me as a vegan, they'd see me as a meat eater who lied about being vegan - the same logic needs to be applied to SBF, he didn't make a mistake he made a choice, one that is firmly incompatible with believing or being EA, he wasn't an imperfect EA he was repeatedly dishonest and lied for his own gain. 

Mostly for fun I vibecoded an API to easily parse EA Forum posts as markdown with full comment details based on post URL (I think helpful mostly for complex/nested comment sections where basic copy and paste doesn't work great)

I have tested it on about three posts and every possible disclaimer applies

• Documentation
• User friendly website version

As AI models get better at generating art (music, visual arts, videography, writing, etc.)—better being defined as being less discernable from human-made output—the value of live performances and the act of creating art will dwarf the value of mediums accessible to AI (eg. books, recorded music, YouTube videos).

Writing seems to me the art form which will be least impacted by this, though this is likely due to my skewed perspective—I've engaged with LLMs way more than AI models of other modalities.

TL;DR: $100,000 for insights into an EA's unsolved medical mystery

(Sharing on behalf of the patient to preserve their anonymity) 

The Medical Mystery Prize is a patient-funded initiative offering a $100,000 grand prize (plus smaller awards) for ideas that help advance a difficult, unresolved medical case.

The patient works in AI safety. The goal is to solve his health issue so that he can do his best work.

All patient records are fully anonymized and HIPAA-compliant. Submissions for the prize will be reviewed by a licensed healthcare provider before reac... (read more)

Let’s create example trial tasks to strengthen EA hiring?

EA orgs use trial tasks quite a lot in hiring, which is great since candidates can demonstrate their skills, which is what truly matters regardless of their background. However, outside of EA, trial tasks are often quite different, and for the average candidate, it usually takes several rejections before they learn how to show their best in that setting.

It would be great if we had example trial tasks for different roles (research, operations, etc.) so that people could practice before applying to real jobs. This way, strong candidates would not get lost in the hiring process simply due to inexperience with trial tasks.