Lizka

I'm a Research Fellow at Forethought; before that, I ran the non-engineering side of the EA Forum (this platform), ran the EA Newsletter, and worked on some other content-related tasks at CEA. [More about the Forum/CEA Online job.]

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Some of my favorite of my own posts:

I finished my undergraduate studies with a double major in mathematics and comparative literature in 2021. I was a research fellow at Rethink Priorities in the summer of 2021 and was then hired by the Events Team at CEA. I later switched to the Online Team. In the past, I've also done some (math) research and worked at Canada/USA Mathcamp.

Some links I think people should see more frequently:

Posts

Remembering Joseph Rotblat (born on this day in 1908)
by Lizka @ 2024-11-05 | +90 | 0 comments
Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)
by Lizka @ 2024-10-03 | +191 | 0 comments
“Cool Things Our GHW Grantees Have Done in 2023” — Open Philanthropy
by Lizka @ 2024-05-08 | +45 | 0 comments
New Epistemics Tool: ThEAsaurus
by Lizka, Jonathan Michel @ 2024-04-01 | +79 | 0 comments
Posts from 2023 you thought were valuable (and underrated)
by Lizka @ 2024-03-21 | +82 | 0 comments
Focusing on bad criticism is dangerous to your epistemics
by Lizka @ 2024-03-15 | +70 | 0 comments
Celebrating Benjamin Lay (died on this day 265 years ago)
by Lizka @ 2024-02-08 | +152 | 0 comments
RAND report finds no effect of current LLMs on viability of bioterrorism attacks
by Lizka @ 2024-01-26 | +108 | 0 comments
2023: highlights from the year, from the EA Newsletter
by Lizka @ 2024-01-05 | +68 | 0 comments
2023: news on AI safety, animal welfare, global health, and more
by Lizka @ 2024-01-05 | +54 | 0 comments
Open thread: January - March 2024
by Lizka @ 2024-01-02 | +23 | 0 comments
Winners in the Forum’s Donation Election (2023)
by Lizka @ 2023-12-24 | +124 | 0 comments
Vote in the Donation Election by 15 December
by Lizka @ 2023-12-08 | +39 | 0 comments
Meet the candidates in the Forum’s Donation Election (2023)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-28 | +67 | 0 comments
Where are you donating this year, and why? (Open thread)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-21 | +71 | 0 comments
Notes on not taking the GWWC pledge (yet)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-15 | +126 | 0 comments
How would your project use extra funding? (Marginal Funding Week)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-14 | +53 | 0 comments
Donation Election: how voting will work
by Lizka @ 2023-11-14 | +59 | 0 comments
Participate in the Donation Election and the first weekly theme (starting 7...
by Lizka @ 2023-11-02 | +84 | 0 comments
EA Forum: plans for Giving Season 2023
by Lizka, Agnes Stenlund @ 2023-10-23 | +121 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: October 2023
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2023-10-17 | +25 | 0 comments
Open Thread: October - December 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-10-10 | +12 | 0 comments
What do staff at CEA believe? (Evidence from a rough cause prio survey from...
by Lizka @ 2023-10-02 | +85 | 0 comments
AMA: Christian Ruhl (senior global catastrophic risk researcher at Founders...
by Lizka, christian.r @ 2023-09-26 | +68 | 0 comments
AMA: Andy Weber (U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2009-2014)
by Lizka, Andy Weber @ 2023-09-26 | +132 | 0 comments
The state of AI in different countries — an overview
by Lizka @ 2023-09-14 | +68 | 0 comments
About my job: "Content Specialist"
by Lizka @ 2023-09-08 | +66 | 0 comments
Writing about your job is (still) great — consider doing it
by Lizka @ 2023-09-08 | +34 | 0 comments
“Longtermist causes” is a tricky classification
by Lizka @ 2023-08-29 | +63 | 0 comments
Career Conversations Week on the Forum (8-15 September)
by Lizka @ 2023-08-25 | +64 | 0 comments
Problems with free services for EA projects
by Lizka @ 2023-08-03 | +134 | 0 comments
Are there diseconomies of scale in the reputation of communities?
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-07-27 | +52 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: July 2023
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2023-07-17 | +32 | 0 comments
AMA: We’re the Forum team (and we’re hiring). Ask us anything!
by Lizka @ 2023-07-05 | +64 | 0 comments
Washington Post article about EA university groups
by Lizka @ 2023-07-05 | +35 | 0 comments
Open Thread: July - September 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-07-02 | +29 | 0 comments
Productive criticism: running a draft past the people you’re criticizing
by Lizka @ 2023-06-15 | +38 | 0 comments
Productive criticism: what could help?
by Lizka @ 2023-06-13 | +38 | 0 comments
Notes on how I want to handle criticism
by Lizka @ 2023-06-08 | +63 | 0 comments
EA Forum: content and moderator positions
by Lizka @ 2023-05-18 | +72 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: May 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-05-15 | +29 | 0 comments
On missing moods and tradeoffs
by Lizka @ 2023-05-09 | +50 | 0 comments
Books — what do you recommend? What are you looking for?
by Lizka @ 2023-05-08 | +25 | 0 comments
Please don’t vote brigade
by Lizka @ 2023-05-05 | +304 | 0 comments
List of AI safety newsletters and other resources
by Lizka @ 2023-05-01 | +49 | 0 comments
What are work practices that you’ve adopted that you now think are underrated?
by Lizka @ 2023-04-27 | +81 | 0 comments
12 tentative ideas for US AI policy (Luke Muehlhauser)
by Lizka @ 2023-04-19 | +117 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: April 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-04-13 | +41 | 0 comments
EA & “The correct response to uncertainty is *not* half-speed”
by Lizka @ 2023-04-09 | +83 | 0 comments
Open Thread: April — June 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-04-03 | +25 | 0 comments
It’s "The EA-Adjacent Forum" now
by Lizka @ 2023-04-01 | +174 | 0 comments
Holden Karnofsky’s recent comments on FTX
by Lizka @ 2023-03-24 | +149 | 0 comments
Design changes & the community section (Forum update March 2023)
by Lizka, Agnes Stenlund, Ollie Etherington, Sarah Cheng @ 2023-03-21 | +64 | 0 comments
Highlights from last week
by Lizka @ 2023-03-16 | +11 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates & Opportunities: March 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-03-15 | +27 | 0 comments
GPT-4 is out: thread (& links)
by Lizka @ 2023-03-14 | +84 | 0 comments
Highlights from last week
by Lizka @ 2023-03-09 | +21 | 0 comments
Posts we recommend from last week (Digest #126)
by Lizka @ 2023-03-01 | +24 | 0 comments
Posts we recommend from last week (Digest #125)
by Lizka @ 2023-02-24 | +22 | 0 comments
How can we improve discussions on the Forum?
by Lizka @ 2023-02-23 | +72 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: February 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-02-14 | +43 | 0 comments
“Community” posts have their own section, subforums are closing, and more (Forum...
by Lizka, Sharang Phadke, Clifford @ 2023-02-10 | +135 | 0 comments
An update to our policies on revealing personal information on the Forum
by Lizka @ 2023-02-07 | +107 | 0 comments
Moving community discussion to a separate tab (a test we might run)
by Lizka, Clifford @ 2023-02-06 | +197 | 0 comments
Karma overrates some topics; resulting issues and potential solutions
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-01-30 | +295 | 0 comments
Posts from 2022 you thought were valuable (or underrated)
by Lizka @ 2023-01-17 | +87 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: January 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-01-16 | +62 | 0 comments
Thread for discussing Bostrom's email and apology
by Lizka @ 2023-01-13 | +72 | 0 comments
Beware safety-washing
by Lizka @ 2023-01-13 | +141 | 0 comments
Open Thread: January — March 2023
by Lizka @ 2023-01-09 | +20 | 0 comments
Register your predictions for 2023
by Lizka @ 2022-12-26 | +42 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: December 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-12-19 | +19 | 0 comments
Niche vs. broad-appeal posts (& how this relates to usefulness/karma) (a sketch)
by Lizka @ 2022-12-17 | +34 | 0 comments
Today is Draft Amnesty Day (December 16-18)
by Lizka @ 2022-12-16 | +61 | 0 comments
Smallpox eradication
by Lizka @ 2022-12-09 | +93 | 0 comments
December 16 (and 17-18) will be Draft Amnesty Days
by Lizka @ 2022-12-04 | +12 | 0 comments
Why do you give (or pursue work in effective altruism)? (Open thread)
by Lizka @ 2022-12-01 | +27 | 0 comments
Effective giving subforum and other updates (bonus Forum update November 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-11-28 | +42 | 0 comments
Where are you donating this year, and why? (Open thread)
by Lizka, MichaelA🔸 @ 2022-11-23 | +151 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: November 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-11-19 | +49 | 0 comments
Dark mode (Forum update November 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-11-01 | +76 | 0 comments
Draft Amnesty Day: an event we might run on the Forum
by Lizka @ 2022-10-31 | +82 | 0 comments
Search, subforums, and other Forum updates (October 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-10-25 | +58 | 0 comments
How many people die from the flu? (OWID)
by Lizka @ 2022-10-24 | +45 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: October 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-10-14 | +23 | 0 comments
Open Thread: October — December 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-10-12 | +19 | 0 comments
Prediction market does not imply causation
by Lizka @ 2022-10-10 | +29 | 0 comments
Invisible impact loss (and why we can be too error-averse)
by Lizka @ 2022-10-06 | +137 | 0 comments
Ask (Everyone) Anything — “EA 101”
by Lizka @ 2022-10-05 | +110 | 0 comments
Winners of the EA Criticism and Red Teaming Contest
by Lizka, Owen Cotton-Barratt @ 2022-10-01 | +226 | 0 comments
Reasoning Transparency
by Lizka @ 2022-09-28 | +117 | 0 comments
9/26 is Petrov Day
by Lizka @ 2022-09-25 | +77 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: September 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-09-14 | +40 | 0 comments
Agree/disagree voting (& other new features September 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-09-07 | +142 | 0 comments
Who are some less-known people like Petrov?
by Lizka @ 2022-09-06 | +54 | 0 comments
Celebrations and gratitude thread
by Lizka, MaxDalton @ 2022-09-02 | +145 | 0 comments
Notes on the Forum today
by Lizka @ 2022-09-01 | +34 | 0 comments
Epistemic status: an explainer and some thoughts
by Lizka @ 2022-08-31 | +59 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: July-August 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-08-15 | +25 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: June-July 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-07-14 | +23 | 0 comments
Vox on cash transfers vs "graduation programs" for fighting extreme poverty
by Lizka @ 2022-07-07 | +29 | 0 comments
New? Start here! (Useful links)
by Lizka @ 2022-07-01 | +26 | 0 comments
Import your EAG(x) info to your profile & other new features (Forum update June...
by Lizka, Sarah Cheng, JP Addison🔸, Jonathan Mustin @ 2022-07-01 | +67 | 0 comments
Kurzgesagt - The Last Human (Longtermist video)
by Lizka @ 2022-06-28 | +150 | 0 comments
Examples of someone admitting an error or changing a key conclusion
by Lizka @ 2022-06-27 | +47 | 0 comments
Open Thread: June — September 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-06-22 | +30 | 0 comments
You don’t have to respond to every comment
by Lizka @ 2022-06-20 | +128 | 0 comments
GiveDirectly to Administer Cash Grants Pilot in Chicago
by Lizka @ 2022-06-20 | +20 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: May-June 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-06-16 | +32 | 0 comments
Follow and filter topics (& an update to the “Community” topic)
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-06-09 | +40 | 0 comments
Notes on impostor syndrome
by Lizka @ 2022-06-06 | +90 | 0 comments
Announcing a contest: EA Criticism and Red Teaming
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-06-01 | +276 | 0 comments
Resource for criticisms and red teaming
by Lizka, finm @ 2022-06-01 | +60 | 0 comments
Stop scolding people for worrying about monkeypox (Vox article)
by Lizka @ 2022-05-31 | +39 | 0 comments
Link-posting is an act of community service
by Lizka @ 2022-05-16 | +59 | 0 comments
Against “longtermist” as an identity
by Lizka @ 2022-05-13 | +166 | 0 comments
Results from the First Decade Review
by Lizka @ 2022-05-13 | +163 | 0 comments
EA Organization Updates: April-May 2022
by Lizka @ 2022-05-12 | +25 | 0 comments
How to use the Forum (intro)
by Lizka @ 2022-05-05 | +23 | 0 comments
You should write on the EA Forum
by Lizka @ 2022-04-29 | +73 | 0 comments
Forum user manual
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +41 | 0 comments
Guide to norms on the Forum
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +59 | 0 comments
A Bayesian framework for interpreting impact evaluations
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +23 | 0 comments
Forum Digest: reminder that it exists & request for feedback
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +57 | 0 comments
Help with the Forum; wiki editing, giving feedback, moderation, and more
by Lizka @ 2022-04-20 | +88 | 0 comments
The accidental experiment that saved 700 lives (IRS & health insurance)
by Lizka @ 2022-04-19 | +42 | 0 comments
EA should taboo "EA should"
by Lizka @ 2022-03-29 | +210 | 0 comments
Is misinformation a serious problem, and is it tractable?
by Lizka @ 2022-03-28 | +21 | 0 comments
Pre-announcing a contest for critiques and red teaming
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-03-25 | +173 | 0 comments
A Forum post can be short
by Lizka @ 2022-03-22 | +189 | 0 comments
Distillation and research debt
by Lizka @ 2022-03-15 | +69 | 0 comments
Hello from the new Content Specialist at CEA
by Lizka @ 2022-03-08 | +184 | 0 comments
The best EA Global yet? (And other updates.)
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2022-02-13 | +50 | 0 comments
[Updated] EA conferences in 2022: save the dates
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2022-02-09 | +123 | 0 comments
Vote on posts for the Decade Review (Deadline: February 1)
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-01-24 | +26 | 0 comments
What are some artworks relevant to EA?
by Lizka @ 2022-01-17 | +51 | 0 comments
Native languages in the EA community (and issues with assessing promisingness)
by Lizka @ 2021-12-27 | +72 | 0 comments
[Book rec] The War with the Newts as “EA fiction”
by Lizka @ 2021-12-22 | +59 | 0 comments
Help CEA plan future events and conferences
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2021-12-09 | +23 | 0 comments
Please post reflections on EA Global: London ($500 bounty)
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2021-12-04 | +25 | 0 comments
[Creative writing contest] Super-parenting
by Lizka @ 2021-10-22 | +22 | 0 comments
Lizka's Quick takes
by Lizka @ 2021-10-09 | +4 | 0 comments
Issues with Futarchy
by Lizka @ 2021-10-07 | +63 | 0 comments
[Creative writing contest] Blue bird and black bird
by Lizka @ 2021-09-16 | +74 | 0 comments
Disentangling "Improving Institutional Decision-Making"
by Lizka @ 2021-09-13 | +92 | 0 comments
Summary and Takeaways: Hanson's “Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?”
by Lizka @ 2021-08-25 | +38 | 0 comments
Humanities Research Ideas for Longtermists
by Lizka @ 2021-06-09 | +151 | 0 comments