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The paper IMO spends too little time on the important question, which is how much impact you get per dollar. The paper instead assumes that you could plausibly hasten developing full aging reversal by 1 second for 5,500$.

For neglectedness, it would be good to discuss current funding levels. Gemini suggested ballpark 11 billion annually.

For tractability, it would be good to discuss particular research lines that have had success. For example, how much have we lengthened mice lifespans? What is our rate of progress there?

Also, many folks on the EA Forum dislike posting links without copying the text to the forum. I mostly agree, although IMO it is fine to do in a 'Quick Take'.

That's a fair distinction. And it is also true that this isn't the main point of your post, so not an issue if it isn't 100% accurate.

In response to "EA doesn't recommend becoming a politician":

80000 does recommend policy work. https://80000hours.org/skills/political-bureaucratic/

EA forum posts making similar recommendations seem common.

It is hard to say if EA-as-a-monolith recommends any particular thing, but I think many EAs would encourage (competent and electable) folks to consider a policy career.

This implies planning to have children is immoral. You get morally penalized for the suffering of your future children, but are not morally rewarded for their joy.

This seems like a large bullet to bite.

I think this is basically the same theory as: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/je5TiYESSv53tWHC9/utilitarians-should-accept-that-some-suffering-cannot-be-1

Amen that this is both an exciting opportunity, and feels depressing. I didn't get into EA to buy warm fuzzies, but I do miss them.

EA 1.0 vs EA 2.0 is worse terminology than GHD vs longtermism. GHD and longtermism is more descriptive, and therefore less likely to confuse folks.

SMBC by Zach Weinersmith is doing a great job of conveying AI Safety memes more widely.

Relevant comics: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/speech https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/safe https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-17 https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-15

I would love to see his take on an illustrated AI Safety book, like 'Open Borders' meets 'If anyone builds it, everyone dies'.

In very broad strokes, 20% GiveWell & 80% AI Safety. About half of the AI Safety funds are to 501c4s.

Prior years were about 95% GiveWell or GiveWell top charities.

Feel free to DM me and I can share a CSV of my donations (sharing it publicly still feels kinda weird).

Over 40% of my lifetime donations happened this month. I expect to never be able to make that statement again. These are weird times.

For context on why it is extra weird, I've been donating since 2015 and have always donated 10% of my salary each year (or more).