Reflective altruism
I’m a philosopher at Vanderbilt University (views my own). The purpose of this blog is to use academic research to drive positive change within and around the effective altruism movement. Discussions are long-form and structured around thematic series. Subscribe below for biweekly posts.
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Instrumental convergence and power-seeking (Part 3: Turner et al.)
The most-discussed modern power-seeking theorem, due to Alex Turner and colleagues, also won’t do the trick
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Human biodiversity (Part 9: EA Forum, continued)
This post continues my discussion of the impact of human biodiversity theory (HBD) on the EA Forum
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Papers I learned from (Part 7: Essays on longtermism)
Essays on longtermism brings together over four dozen scholars and practitioners to discuss longtermism.
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Papers I learned from (Part 6: A timing problem for instrumental convergence)
Should we expect means-end rational agents to preserve their goals? Southan, Ward and Semler are skeptical.
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Exaggerating the risks (Part 20: AI 2027 timelines forecast, benchmarks and gaps)
The second part of the AI 2027 timelines model relies primarily on insufficiently evidenced forecasts.
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Meta (Audio updates)
I’ve updated the audio voice and interface for the blog. Let me know what you think!
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Exaggerating the risks (Part 19: AI 2027 timelines forecast, time horizon extension)
The AI 2027 report relies on two models of AI timelines. The first timelines model largely bakes hyperbolic growth into the model structure.
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Exaggerating the risks (Part 18: Introduction to AI 2027)
This post introduces the AI 2027 report.
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Instrumental convergence and power-seeking (Part 2: Benson-Tilsen and Soares)
A leading power-seeking theorem due to Benson-Tilsen and Soares does not ground the needed form of instrumental convergence
