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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Sustained advocacy using effective strategies can grow safety-net programs and substantially improve outcomes for the people they serve. Sustained advocacy using effectivestrategies can grow safety-net programsand substantially improve outcomes for thepeople they serve. Last stated 10 months ago 5 Jan 2026 DM Dylan Matthews — holds since 2026-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Relying on rapid market-income growth alone is not a viable long-term strategy for reducing poverty. — tap to centre the map on it Relying on rapid market-incomegrowth alone is not a viablelong-term strategy for reducingpoverty. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 DM Dylan Matthews — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Safety net programs enacted after 1963 were beneficial to reducing poverty and probably necessary for continued progress against it. — tap to centre the map on it Safety net programs enacted after1963 were beneficial to reducingpoverty and probably necessary forcontinued progress against it. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 DM Dylan Matthews — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many aid programmes will beat cash on cost-effectiveness, and the ones that do will be those that fix a market failure or a supply problem. — tap to centre the map on it Many aid programmes will beat cashon cost-effectiveness, and the onesthat do will be those that fix amarket failure or a supply problem. Last stated 13 years ago 14 Mar 2014 CB Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — 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: One of the best long-term investments in prevention is a very strong network of family doctors. — tap to centre the map on it One of the best long-terminvestments in prevention is a verystrong network of family doctors. Last stated 6 months ago 7 May 2026 PB Pedro Pita Barros — holds since 2026-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: People in wealthy countries can save lives every day by giving to cost-effective charities — tap to centre the map on it People in wealthy countries can savelives every day by giving tocost-effective charities Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Oct 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: States do not merely defend the power they have: they seize every opportunity to gain more that looks cheap and likely to succeed. — tap to centre the map on it States do not merely defend thepower they have: they seize everyopportunity to gain more that lookscheap and likely to succeed. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Helping children build long-term coping skills is more effective than simply implementing rules. — tap to centre the map on it Helping children build long-termcoping skills is more effective thansimply implementing rules. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Jan 2018 DB danah boyd — holds since 2018-01-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething bad. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. — tap to centre the map on it A carmaker's claim to be the safestis mostly an artefact of comparing anew car against a fleet averagetwelve years old. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Dec 2023 PK Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Sustained advocacy using effective strategies can grow safety-net programs and substantially improve outcomes for the people they serve. Last stated 5 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago Holds Dylan Matthews Read this korrent →