Reflective Altruism

Using academic research to drive positive change within and around the effective altruism movement.

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

@_revoluzia_ Congrats soon-to-be-doctor!

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

Fanatical decision theories have problems, but anti-fanatical decision theories have problems too. https://t.co/BRZ0E5YoIv

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Hard to find a better demonstration of the dangers of relying on sparse and unreliable quantified evidence, just because it's quantified, in the face of much better counter-evidence. https://t.co/xFSF63ln4B

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

From RCTs to back-of-the-envelope calculations and now AI doing back-of-the-envelope calculations. Wrong direction, effective altruists.

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

The case for longtermism is strongest on fanatical decision theories. There are some good arguments for fanaticism. https://t.co/LhhYjuaNau

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

@S_OhEigeartaigh I did 4.5 hours/day of writing, 6 days/week while writing my first book (which counts all directly related tasks such as directed reading, outlining, planning, writing revising, ...). Not all of this was spent on the book but probably 3 hours/day was. It took a year or two.

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

This is a good first-person account of how someone might drift away from effective altruism https://t.co/CEP7z2hM0G

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Worth a look https://t.co/JkEDgCjufr

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The case for longtermism is strongest on fanatical decision theories. Some more reasons why they might be wrong. https://t.co/G4yD0oGyZw

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

@bryan_caplan Too many have done this (literally withdrawing retirement savings). Can we not encourage young people to do something they will later regret?

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

The case for longtermism is strongest on fanatical decision theories. They might be wrong.

https://t.co/yVHNtyrcDV

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@S_OhEigeartaigh What do I have to do to get one?

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

Yudkowsky and Soares’ solution to AI safety: shut it down. The reality is more complicated https://t.co/l8bzdcDiWq

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

Reflective Altruism is pivoting to AI safety. Blog rebrand to Reflective Alignment will follow shortly.

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

The beginning of an important 36 (!) part series on rationalism. Starts a bit slowly but gets very interesting later in the series. https://t.co/0jhBGQiKo4

[Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts]

Stumbled upon an interesting debate on AI super-intelligence from 2011. Yudkowsky makes three core claims/predictions, all of which are (to date) wrong:

1) That human intelligence is relatively simple and ASI can be achieved with a few small innovations; ...

[Reflective Altruism @ReflectiveAlt]

Something effective altruists get right: they engage with critics. https://t.co/ir4u3HGUXu

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[Amanda Askell @AmandaAskell]

Perhaps I should get married again so that the media has a more recent man they can reference any time they mention me or my work.