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Effective altruism is about using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis.

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Varun Deshpande‎Effective Altruism

11 March 2021 at 11:04

[New intro thread!]

Welcome to the Effective Altruism Facebook group. If you're new to EA, or you just want to say hi, we'd love for you to introduce yourself by commenting on this post! Here are some questions… More you could answer:
1. How did you hear about EA, and what got you interested in it?
2. Where are you from?
3. What 1-4 causes (EA-related or not) are you interested in?
4. What career paths are you interested in or are currently on?
You could also invite people to connect with you on Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter. And if you have any questions about EA or one of its causes/topics, feel free to ask them alongside your intro, or make a post on this group about it!

A quick disclaimer: this is… More

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Ben Henry‎Effective Altruism

27 January at 19:29

Matt Clancy on the risks and benefits of biotech research:

A variety of forecasts about the potential harms from advanced biotechnology suggest the crux of the issue revolves around civilization-ending catastrophes. Forecasts of other kinds of problems arising from advanced biotechnology are too small to outweigh the historic benefits of… More science. For example, if the expected increase in annual mortality due to new scientific perils is less than 0.2-0.5% per year (and there is no risk of civilization-ending catastrophes from science), then in this report’s model, the benefits of science will outweigh the costs. I argue the best available forecasts of this parameter, from a large… More

Charity Entrepreneurship‎Effective Altruism

12 January at 14:57

We are excited to announce the second round of our Research Training Program. Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/240013123967348

This online program will equip you with the tools and skills needed to identify,… More compare, and recommend the most effective charities, interventions, and organizations. It is a full-time (35 hours per week), fully cost-covered program running remotely for 12 weeks between April 15 and July 5, 2024.

Deadline for applications: January 31, 2024

What do we offer?

Stipends to cover your living costs.
Resources: A handbook on “How to do research for change” and access to our complete researcher's toolkit.
Growing your research portfolio: A portfolio of decision-relevant… More

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📌 Apply to ML4Good UK by the end of the week

ML4Good is a 10-day bootcamp from March 28 to April 7 2024, focusing on deep learning and upskilling in technical AI safety. ML4Good is a non-profit project and free… More of charge for the participants. 💻 Activities:

Peer-coding sessions following a technical curriculum with mentors
Presentations by experts in the field
Review and discussion of AI Safety literature
Personal career advice and mentorship

We are looking for people with high motivation to contribute to AI Safety with at least a moderate amount of experience in coding. This ML4Good bootcamp is aimed at people currently based in the UK or nearby countries. There will be more camps running in 2024 - please sign up on our website to be notified when these are confirmed and when applications open.

🌐 More details for our March programme here: https://www.ml4good.org/courses/uk-march-2024

📜 Applications close on January 21st, 2024.

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Anna Shive is with Ivy Mazzola.

17 January at 21:36

We are excited to announce Texas’s first ever Effective Altruism conference!

EAGx Austin 2024 will take place April 13-14 at the University of Texas at Austin! Applications will be opening within a month, and… More you can fill out the interest form to be notified of the launch.

One of our primary goals for this event is to strengthen communities and networks for those in southern/central U.S. areas, including Texas and cities such as Phoenix, Chicago, Albuquerque, L.A., and Denver. We're prioritizing applicants from these regions, but also encourage those from across the U.S. and internationally, especially those in EA-related careers or interested in mentoring to apply. Our aim is to bolster… More

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Deena Englander‎Effective Altruism

12 January at 14:58

If you know anyone who might benefit from joining our next nonprofit operations org accelerator, we're accepting applications for our April cohort. We've seen great success with growth-oriented individuals who… More seek to upskill their entrepreneurial and leadership experience. Please pass this on!
Click here (https://bitly.ws/38GTu) to view the full details, or join us for an info session on Tuesday Jan 9 at 11 EST (https://bitly.ws/38GTF)

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Antonia Boetsch Depassier‎Effective Altruism

28 December 2023 at 21:58

Effective Altruism Virtual Programs will be hosting another round of virtual programs for 8 weeks, from February 5th to March 31st, 2024!

The Introductory EA Program aims to introduce the core ideas of effective… More altruism.

The In-Depth EA Program seeks to engage participants with more complex questions to help them figure out how they can make the most impact.

The Precipice Reading Group explores the science behind the existential risks we face.

Register by Sunday, January 14th: https://efctv.org/virtual-programs

If you know anyone who might benefit from participating in any of these programs, please share this opportunity with them. If you have participated in any fellowships, programs, or reading groups before, and are looking for ways to contribute to the EA community, please apply to be a facilitator!

Getting more great facilitators allows us to accept more people into our program. You’re also likely to reinforce what you’ve learned previously by re-engaging with the content as a facilitator.
Apply to be a facilitator by Sunday, January 7th: https://cea.tfaforms.net/14

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This application will always be open, as there are new rounds of programming starting the first or second week of every month. If you are hoping to facilitate for a particular round, the deadline is exactly one week before the participant application deadline for that particular round.

Vishakha Agrawal‎Effective Altruism

20 December 2023 at 21:14

Are you worried about the existential risks of artificial intelligence? Are you looking for structured and engaging discussions on how laws and regulations might curb such risk? AI Safety Quest is launching the… More next round of Quest Parties, where small groups of motivated individuals will dive deep into different topics related to AI Safety. This round, the focus is AI Governance, following BlueDot’s AGISF curriculum. Expand your knowledge, connect with peers, and embark on your AI Safety journey. Learn more on our website #AISafety #EA

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Asya Bergal‎Effective Altruism

18 December 2023 at 18:37

Apply for funding from Open Philanthropy's career development and transition funding program.

Open Philanthropy has recently updated its career development and transition funding program (recently renamed) to… More explicitly include later-career individuals, and to clarify that we're open to making grants supporting a variety of career development and transition activities, including:

- Career transition and exploration periods
- Independent study
- Graduate study
- Unpaid internships
- Postdocs
- Obtaining professional certifications
- Online courses
- Other types of one-off career-capital-building activities

Apply for funding here.

Some concrete examples of the kinds of applicants we’re open to funding,… More

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This program aims to provide support – in the form of funding for graduate study, unpaid internships, independent study, career transition and exploration periods, and other activities relevant to building career capital – for individuals at any career stage who want to pursue careers that could...

Effective Altruism Global‎Effective Altruism

18 December 2023 at 18:37

Applications for EA Global: Bay Area 2024 (Global Catastrophic Risks) are open until January 21, 11:59 pm PT!

Apply and read more info here: efctv.org/eag2024

We’re excited to be hosting our first EA Global… More focussed on global catastrophic risks (GCRs). We'll be welcoming up to 1000 attendees at the Oakland Marriott City Center and platforming high-quality content related to GCRs, including AI safety, biorisks, nuclear security, and more.

We have limited travel funding available. If you have any questions, please email us at hello@eaglobal.org!

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EA Global and EAGx conferences are organised by the Centre for Effective Altruism and members of the effective altruism community. They bring together a wide network of people who have made helping others a core part of their lives. Speakers and attendees share new thinking and research; coordinate....

Amir All‎Effective Altruism

8 January 2018 at 01:44

Hey all. I have a personal challenge.
I'm a student from Iran. And I want to be a more effective altruist. However I'm not sure how. So here are a few points to consider:
1.There are no channels like givewell.org for charities here. And most charities are horrible at best here.
2. As Iran is boycotted, sending money overseas is rather hard and… More inefficient (though more efficient than local charities)
3. as an student, I have little money to spare (few dollars every week).
4. Also as a double majors student, I have no time time to spare as well. So money is all I can do.

So what can I do?

Charity Entrepreneurship‎Effective Altruism

11 December 2023 at 09:35

We have big news! In collaboration with Giving What We Can, we’re launching a new program - Effective Giving Incubation! You can now launch an Effective Giving Initiative to generate and direct millions in… More donations to the world’s most cost-effective charities. Get a co-founder, two-month fully cost-covered training, and seed capital of ~$100,000! Learn more and apply: https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/effective-giving-incubation

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Giving What We Can‎Effective Altruism

7 December 2023 at 19:32

Our updated charity recommendations are in!💡

These are giving opportunities that we believe are incredibly impactful, vetted by charity evaluators and our research team. Find out more about why we are recommending these organisations and what they do: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/best-charities

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Walter Veit‎Effective Altruism

7 December 2023 at 12:19

Conversation with Heather Browning on animal welfare and how we can make the world a better place. Perhaps of interest to members of this group. 😊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0LVakD-FB8&t

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Erik Willekens‎Effective Altruism

7 December 2023 at 12:19

I would like this to be spread in the Effective Altruism forums and network, can someone help me pass this along?
It is a mostly overlooked, lesser known yet not less real existential threat

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Kyle Johannsen‎Effective Altruism

7 December 2023 at 12:19

"Positive Duties to Wild Animals" has officially been released! The special issue contains single-authored contributions from Catia Faria, Josh Milburn, Eze Paez, and Jeff Sebo; and co-authored contributions… More from Mara-Daria Cojocaru and Alasdair Cochrane, and Oscar Horta and Dayrón Terán. To my knowledge, it's the first special issue on wild animal suffering since the double-issue that was released in Relations a number of years back (though volume 13 of The Ethics Forum was partly about wild animal suffering). Take a look!

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Ethics, Policy & Environment

Positive Duties to Wild Animals, Guest Edited by Kyle Johannsen. Volume 26, Issue 2 of Ethics, Policy & Environment

Michael Dello-Iacovo‎Effective Altruism

7 December 2023 at 12:19

Sentience Institute has just published our 2023 end-of-year summary. Check it out to see what we've been up to this year!

Our 2022 end-of-year summary was published just five days before the launch of ChatGPT.… More This event surprised many in the field, and the global spotlight has illustrated how important it is to understand human-AI interaction.

Our priority continues to be researching the rise of digital minds: AIs that have or are perceived as having mental faculties, such as reasoning, agency, experience, and sentience. We hope to answer questions such as: What will be the next ‘ChatGPT moment’ in which humanity’s relationship with AI rapidly changes? How can humans and AIs interact in ways that are beneficial rather than destructive?

https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/blog/eoy2023

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2023 End of Year Summary

Our priority in 2023 continues to be researching the rise of digital minds: AIs that have or are perceived as having mental faculties, such as reasoning, agency, experience, and sentience. We hope to answer questions such as: What will be the next ‘ChatGPT moment’ in which humanity’s relations...

Luke K. Freeman‎Effective Altruism

29 November 2023 at 14:04

This was so great (by Dylan Matthews).

I’m talking about a problem that, for me, giving 10 percent of my income away helps solve. One, it helps establish a baseline meaning or impact from my work — if nothing… More else,I know that the money I make through my job contributes to saving people’s lives. That has to count for something. That’s a source of real meaning and pride.

Two, it provides a powerful counterforce to the treadmill that comes as you age and make more money, a treadmill that pushes you to spend lots of it to keep up with your peers or feel like you’re living better. There are definitely times when I feel like I’m not taking as nice a vacation as my friends are, or where I feel kinda… More

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I give 10 percent of my income to charity. You should, too.

Regular giving, even in small amounts, can save lives.

Klara Schmidt‎Effective Altruism

23 November 2023 at 15:31

The Humane League UK's most impactful annual fundraising appeal is LIVE. If you can, please consider making a donation today: thl.link/matchgiving.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Charlotte Monico and… More James Monico from the Founders Pledge community, all single donations will be doubled until Tuesday 28th November.

THL have recently been recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators for the 10th consecutive year.

“While we expect all of our evaluated charities to be excellent examples of effective advocacy, The Humane League (THL) is exceptional even within that group. Giving to THL is an excellent opportunity to support initiatives that create the most positive change for animals.

- Animal Charity Evaluators, 2023, on why they recommend giving to THL

We are really excited about this appeal as it is a uniquely impactful opportunity to drive progress for farmed animals. If you have any questions or would like to discuss payment options for a significant gift, kindly send an email to kschmidt@thehumaneleague.org.uk

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Rocket Egan Drew‎Effective Altruism

7 November 2023 at 15:10

The MATS Winter 2023-24 Cohort has launched! Apply by Nov 17 (or Nov 10 for Neel Nanda).

The ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) Program is an educational seminar and independent research program. MATS… More provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI safety, and connects them with the Berkeley AI safety research community.

The program takes place in Berkeley, CA from January 8 to March 17. If you’d like to sign up for program updates and application deadline reminders, fill out our interest form (~1 min)! If you know anyone you’d be excited to see apply to MATS, you can fill out our recommendation form (~1 minute). We’ll reach out to encourage them to apply! Read more about the winter program here.

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MATS Program

MATS empowers researchers to advance AI safety The ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) Program is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with the Be...

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