Jordan Arel

My goal has been to help as many sentient beings as possible as much as possible since I was quite young, and I decided to prioritize X-risk and improving the long-term future at around age 13. Toward this end, growing up I studied philosophy, psychology, social entrepreneurship, business, economics, the history of information technology, and futurism.

A few years ago I wrote a book “Ways to Save The World” which imagined broad innovative strategies for preventing existential risk and improving the long-term future.

Upon discovering Effective Altruism in January 2022 while studying social entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, I did a deep dive into EA and rationality and decided to take a closer look at the possibility of AI caused X-risk and lock-in, and moved to Berkeley to do longtermist community building work.

I am now looking to close down a small business I have been running to research AI enabled safety research and longtermist trajectory change research, including concrete mechanisms, full time. I welcome offers of employment or funding as a researcher on these areas.

Posts

Announcing “sEAd The Future”: Effective Sperm and Egg Bank
by Jordan Arel @ 2025-04-01 | +3 | 0 comments
Does “Ultimate Neartermism” via Eternal Inflation dominate Longtermism in...
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-08-17 | +15 | 0 comments
Designing Artificial Wisdom: Decision Forecasting AI & Futarchy
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-07-14 | +5 | 0 comments
Designing Artificial Wisdom: GitWise and AlphaWise
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-07-13 | +6 | 0 comments
Designing Artificial Wisdom: The Wise Workflow Research Organization
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-07-12 | +14 | 0 comments
On Artificial Wisdom
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-07-11 | +22 | 0 comments
10 Cruxes of Artificial Sentience
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-07-01 | +31 | 0 comments
What is the easiest/funnest way to build up a comprehensive understanding of AI...
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-04-30 | +14 | 0 comments
What if doing the most good = benevolent AI takeover and human extinction?
by Jordan Arel @ 2024-03-22 | +2 | 0 comments
What is the most convincing article, video, etc. making the case that AI is an...
by Jordan Arel @ 2023-07-11 | +4 | 0 comments
What AI Take-Over Movies or Books Will Scare Me Into Taking AI Seriously?
by Jordan Arel @ 2023-01-10 | +11 | 0 comments
How Many Lives Does X-Risk Work Save From Nonexistence On Average?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-12-08 | +34 | 0 comments
AI Safety in a Vulnerable World: Requesting Feedback on Preliminary Thoughts
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-12-06 | +5 | 0 comments
Maybe Utilitarianism Is More Usefully A Theory For Deciding Between Other...
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-11-17 | +6 | 0 comments
Will AI Worldview Prize Funding Be Replaced?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-11-13 | +26 | 0 comments
Jordan Arel's Quick takes
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-11-09 | +2 | 0 comments
What Criteria Determines Who Gets Into EAG & EAGx?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-26 | +10 | 0 comments
Fine-Grained Karma Voting
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-26 | +5 | 0 comments
Why Wasting EA Money is Bad
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-22 | +47 | 0 comments
How To Actually Succeed
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-12 | +11 | 0 comments
How have nuclear winter models evolved?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-11 | +14 | 0 comments
Is there a “What We Owe The Future” fellowship study guide?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-09-01 | +8 | 0 comments
Is there any research or forecasts of how likely AI Alignment is going to be a...
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-08-14 | +8 | 0 comments
How I Came To Longtermism On My Own & An Outsider Perspective On EA Longtermism
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-08-07 | +34 | 0 comments
How long does it take to undersrand AI X-Risk from scratch so that I have a...
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-07-27 | +29 | 0 comments
Is there an EA Discord Group?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-07-14 | +6 | 0 comments
Is Our Universe A Newcomb’s Paradox Simulation?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-05-15 | +16 | 0 comments
Help Me Choose A High Impact Career!!!
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-05-06 | +18 | 0 comments
Who are the leading advocates, and what are the top publications on broad...
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-04-28 | +4 | 0 comments
Which Post Idea Is Most Effective?
by Jordan Arel @ 2022-04-25 | +26 | 0 comments