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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would be onewhere nearly all of them helped distantstrangers instead of the people aroundthem, and that world would be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best opportunities to do good are the ones almost nobody is paying attention to. — tap to centre the map on it The best opportunities to do goodare the ones almost nobody is payingattention to. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper anyone digs into acharity's cost-effectivenessestimate, the more unwarrantedoptimism they find, so the rightprior on giving is a sceptical one. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over agiving decision is disturbing, andthere is still a strong case for itif you want your ethics to beprincipled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. — tap to centre the map on it Locking humanity into one model's orone company's moral worldview wouldbuy a little short-term safety andcost a long-term disaster. Last stated a month ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world in which all the labour is perfectly obedient fiduciary AI is dangerous, because society depends on subordinates who sometimes refuse. — tap to centre the map on it A world in which all the labour isperfectly obedient fiduciary AI isdangerous, because society dependson subordinates who sometimesrefuse. Last stated 4 weeks ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should act on the assumption that we have almost no idea what the best futures would look like, so committing today to any particular vision would be a great mistake. — tap to centre the map on it We should act on the assumption thatwe have almost no idea what the bestfutures would look like, socommitting today to any particularvision would be a great mistake. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. Last stated 18 Aug 2011 · 15 years ago Holds Holden Karnofsky Read this korrent →