barkbellowroar
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I'm relieved to see someone bring up the coup in all of this - I think there is a lot of focus on this post about what Thiel believes or is "thinking " (which makes sense for a community founded on philosophy) versus what Thiel is "doing" (which is more entrepreneurship/silicon valley approach). We can dig into the 'what led him down this path' later imo but the more important objective is that he's rich, powerful and making moves. Stopping or slowing those moves is the first step at this point... I definitely think the 2027 hype is not about reaching AGI but about groups vying for control and OpenAI has been making not so subtle moves toward that positioning...
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Yes, Thiel has returned to supporting Trump more fully since the election. Many presume it's because of lucrative contracts with Palantir conducting surveillance and data collection for US government. Best summary I could find on short notice.
This website is amazing! Not sure how long you've been a product manager (given you're only 25) but it's beautifully done. I think this quality of design is what EA has been missing a little in effectively communicating it's key concepts and methods to the world. I would encourage you to reach out to any design groups or connect with larger organizations. I don't have any direct contacts but groups like User-friendly or And-Now (design firms), CEA (who runs the primary effectivealtruism.org informational site) and professional groups at EA Globals would be a good start.
That's great Eevee! Forethought has shifted to focusing on AGI (so yes, I'm sure they need support, but it isn't doing work like GPI, just to be clear). There is a list at the bottom of the page of other organizations but none of them work directly on the philosophical approach to cause and resource prioritization - which is what made GPI so valuable to the movement. My best recommendation would be to broadly support groups like Givewell, Giving What We Can and the Life You Can Save since they do some level of research (really all groups do). You could also follow specific researchers work and reach out directly to see if they need support.
Forethought appears to have spun out and become a separate organization, Oxford Martin AIGI does have a handful of people who were affiliated with the former Future of Humanity Institute, but the OM AIGI itself is not directly affiliated with EA. Yes the college chapter EA Oxford is still running, but I meant professional working groups (sorry if that wasn't clear).
the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford University has shut down as of July. More information, publication list and additional groups on website. Surprised this hasn't been brought up given how important GPI was in establishing EA as a legitimate academic research space. By my count, barring Trajan House, it now appears that EA has officially been annexed from Oxford University. This feels like a significant change post-FTX - I see pros and cons to not being tied to one university. Thoughts?
edited: to clarify I meant the university not the city
It's been a minute since I've been on the forum so my recollection of Karma voting is rusty. Does the agree-disagree function follow the same rules as strong voting? For example, the first question has 35 agree / 56 disagree - are those votes saying 56 individual users or could it be a few users who strongly disagreed with it? Just trying to figure out the actual number of people answering the poll. Thanks!
I'm still digesting this but I'm in shock - for the first time in almost 10 years drifting in and out of EA, I feel seen, heard, validated (from a LLM no less). Every little itch or frustration with EA, that has made partaking in it all these years to be challenging, has been captured and articulated by the egregore analysis. Recognition of these issues, that have been growing and festering long before SBF happened (and may have allowed SBF to happen), is the first step to solving them... now the question is, does EA 'want' to fix these?