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 1: Introduction)
Power-seeking theorems aim to formally demonstrate that artificial agents are likely to seek power in problematic ways. I argue that leading power-seeking theorems do not succeed.
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The scope of longtermism (Part 5: A case study – Existential risk)
Many longtermists think that existential risk mitigation escapes the scope-limiting factors. To what extent is this true?
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Human Biodiversity (Part 7: LessWrong)
This post discusses the impact of human biodiversity theory (HBD) on LessWrong
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Getting it right (Part 1: Altruism)
Effective altruists often show admirable degrees of altruism.
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Papers I learned from (Part 5: Language agents reduce the risk of existential catastrophe)
Simon Goldstein and Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini argue that language agents reduce the risk of existential catastrophe from artificial intelligence.
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The scope of longtermism (Part 4: Unawareness)
Today’s post discusses the final scope-limiting factor: unawareness of relevant acts, states and outcomes
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Human biodiversity (Part 6: The Motte)
After its closure, the Culture War Thread found a new home at The Motte.
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Papers I learned from (Part 4: Why AI systems may not evolve selfishness)
Maarten Boudry and Simon Friederich argue that natural selection may not produce selfish artificial systems
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Epistemics (Part 9: Ironic authenticity)
Ironically authentic speech may not be direct assertion, but it is hardly mere irony.
