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This is a crosspost for Where's my ten minute AGI? by Hanson Ho, which was originally published on Gradient Updates on 2 May 2025.

Recently, METR released a paper arguing that th…

Executive summary

Moody's downgraded the US credit rating as the US budget deficit grows and US borrowing costs rise. House Republicans are advancing a budget that would increase…

(h/t Otis Reid)

I think this post captures a lot of important features of the US policymaking system. Pulling out a few especially relevant/broadly applicable sections:

1. There'…

The Future of Life Foundation is launching a fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning.

Fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning

Apply by June 9th | $25k–$50k stipend | 12 weeks, from …

Article 5 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

"Obviously, no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

OK, it doesn’t actual…

Notes 

The following text explores, in a speculative manner, the evolutionary question: Did high-intensity affective states, specifically Pain, emerge early in evolutionary history, or did they deve…

1 The Christian duty to give to the poor

(This is a crosspost from my blog).

Most Christians aren’t effective altruists and most effective altruists aren’t Christians. But in my view, the reason …

In a previously unreported letter, the AI company defends its restructuring plan while attacking critics and making surprising admissions

This is the full text of a post first pu…

One reason to make a lot of money is to get a good spot on the league table of rich people. [...] Being the richest person in the world does seem cooler than being the second-ric…

This influential paper purported to show that AI greatly increased innovation.

MIT has asked for it to be retracted.

There are some dodgy signals, like the student in question apparently registeri…

During our recent team retreat, the CEA Online Team discussed the state of our various projects, what potential new projects we could spend our capacity on, and what data and M&E we could use to det…

Thanks to Jeff, Max Taylor, Joanna Michalska, Albert Didriksen and Koen van Pelt for feedback on this post. All mistakes are my own. This post does not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.

AI…

First published:
May 16th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LeCJqzdHZZB3uBhZg/the-daily-show-did-a-segment-on-ea-and-shrimp-welfare

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We just published an interview: Emergency pod: Don't believe OpenAI's "nonprofit" spin (with Tyler Whitmer). Listen on Spotify, watch on Youtube, or click through for other audio options, the transc…

This is a modified version of a similar announcement on LessWrong, where the same service exists.

At the bottom of the EA Forum post editor, if you have at least 200 global karma, you may have notic…

Executive Summary

• Problem: 70% of 10-year-olds in Low-and-Middle Income Countries can’t read. In India, foundational literacy remains critically low, especially in Hindi-speaking regions.
• Interventi…

Profit for Good Conference — 11 June 2025 (livestream)

Peter Singer and the School for Moral Ambition are hosting the first Profit for Good conference on Wednesday 11 June. Speakers include Peter Si…

At Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE), we are committed to ensuring that every donation is put to the best possible use. As part of this commitment, we are conducting an internal assessment of our prog…

Americans, we need your help to stop a dangerous AI bill from passing the Senate.

What's going on?

• The House Energy & Commerce Committee included a provision in its reconciliation bill that would b…

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