Milan_Griffes

SBF: "I never thought that what I was doing was illegal"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2024-04-02 | +3 | 0 comments

Some thoughts on "AI could defeat all of us combined"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2023-06-02 | +23 | 0 comments

[Link] How effective altruists ignored risk
by Milan_Griffes @ 2023-02-06 | +23 | 0 comments

[Cause Exploration Prizes] Jhana meditation
by Milan_Griffes, Sandra Sobanska @ 2022-08-12 | +73 | 0 comments

[Link] Centre for Applied Eschatology
by Milan_Griffes @ 2022-04-01 | –2 | 0 comments

New Cause Area: Programmatic Mettā
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-04-01 | +4 | 0 comments

Ben Hoffman & Holden Karnofsky
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-03-20 | 0 | 0 comments

EA capital allocation is an inner ring
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-03-19 | –57 | 0 comments

Why do so few EAs and Rationalists have children?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-03-14 | +9 | 0 comments

Feedback from where?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-03-11 | –15 | 0 comments

Some preliminaries and a claim
by Milan_Griffes @ 2021-02-25 | –36 | 0 comments

QRI and the Symmetry Theory of Valence
by Milan_Griffes, andzuck @ 2020-12-19 | +17 | 0 comments

[Link] "Where are all the successful rationalists?"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-10-17 | +32 | 0 comments

[Link] How understanding valence could help make future AIs safer
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-10-08 | +22 | 0 comments

Shifts in subjective well-being scales?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-08-18 | +31 | 0 comments

[Link] "Will He Go?" book review (Scott Aaronson)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-06-12 | +14 | 0 comments

[Link] "Cutting through spiritual colonialism"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-05-20 | +5 | 0 comments

[Link] "Average utilitarianism implies solipsistic egoism" (Tarsney 2020)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-04-29 | +14 | 0 comments

[Link] "The Origin of Consciousness Reading Companion" (Putanumonit)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-04-07 | +8 | 0 comments

[Link] "On hiding the source of knowledge" (Jessica Taylor)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-01-27 | +10 | 0 comments

[Link] "Moral understanding and moral illusions"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-01-26 | +19 | 0 comments

[Link] "Evaluating Arguments One Step at a Time" (Ought)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2020-01-11 | +7 | 0 comments

[Link] Moloch Hasn’t Won (Zvi)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-12-28 | +12 | 0 comments

[Link] EA Global 2020 announced (CEA)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-12-03 | +17 | 0 comments

What is EA's story?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-11-30 | +20 | 0 comments

[Link] "Status in academic ethics" (Charles Foster)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-11-27 | +18 | 0 comments

[Link] "Art as the starting point" (Autotranslucence)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-11-27 | +16 | 0 comments

[Link] A new charity evaluator (NYTimes)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-11-26 | +18 | 0 comments

[Link] Against "Why We Sleep" (Guzey)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-11-15 | +18 | 0 comments

[Link] "Progress Update October 2019" (Ought)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-29 | +25 | 0 comments

[Link] "One year of Future Perfect" (Vox)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-15 | +24 | 0 comments

[Link] "Machine Learning Projects for IDA" (Ought)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-12 | +10 | 0 comments

[Link] "State of the Qualia" (QRI)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-11 | +22 | 0 comments

[Link] "How feasible is long-range forecasting?" (Open Phil)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-11 | +42 | 0 comments

Should CEA buy ea.org?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-04 | +5 | 0 comments

[Link] Experience Doesn’t Predict a New Hire’s Success (HBR)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-04 | +10 | 0 comments

Why is the amount of child porn growing?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-10-02 | +6 | 0 comments

[Link] Moral Interlude from "The Wizard and the Prophet"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-09-27 | +13 | 0 comments

[Link] The Case for Charter Cities Within the EA Framework (CCI)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-09-23 | +34 | 0 comments

[Link] "Relaxed Beliefs Under Psychedelics and the Anarchic Brain" (SSC)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-09-11 | +3 | 0 comments

[Link] Progress Studies (Jasmine Wang)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-09-10 | +20 | 0 comments

Campaign finance reform as an EA priority?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-08-30 | +19 | 0 comments

[Link] BERI handing off Jaan Tallinn's grantmaking
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-08-27 | +18 | 0 comments

[Links] Tangible actions to support Hong Kong protestors from afar
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-08-18 | +4 | 0 comments

[Link] Virtue signaling annotated bibliography (Geoffrey Miller)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-08-14 | +7 | 0 comments

[Link] Bolsonaro is cutting down the rainforest (nytimes)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-08-01 | +2 | 0 comments

[Link] The Schelling Choice is "Rabbit", not "Stag" (LessWrong post)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-31 | +20 | 0 comments

[Link] "Two Case Studies in Communist Insecurity" (The Scholar's Stage)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-25 | +7 | 0 comments

[Link] Thiel on GCRs
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-22 | +28 | 0 comments

Debrief: "cash prizes for the best arguments against psychedelics"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-14 | +47 | 0 comments

[Link] "Revisiting the Insights model" (Median Group)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-14 | +18 | 0 comments

[Link] "Why Responsible AI Development Needs Cooperation on Safety" (OpenAI)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-12 | +20 | 0 comments

[Link] "The AI Timelines Scam"
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-11 | +22 | 0 comments

If physics is many-worlds, does ethics matter?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-10 | +14 | 0 comments

What grants has Carl Shulman's discretionary fund made?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-08 | +56 | 0 comments

Do we know how many big asteroids could impact Earth?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-07 | +31 | 0 comments

Leverage Research shutting down?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-07-04 | +22 | 0 comments

What's the best structure for optimal allocation of EA capital?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-06-04 | +10 | 0 comments

On the margin, should EA focus on outreach or retention?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-31 | +5 | 0 comments

[Link] Act of Charity
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-30 | +4 | 0 comments

Why do you downvote EA Forum posts & comments?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-29 | +6 | 0 comments

[Link] MacKenzie Bezos signs the Giving Pledge
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-28 | +13 | 0 comments

[Link] David Pearce on understanding psychedelics
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-19 | +6 | 0 comments

Cash prizes for the best arguments against psychedelics being an EA cause area
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-10 | +51 | 0 comments

[Link] "Radical Consequence and Heretical Knots" – an ethnography of the London...
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-09 | +28 | 0 comments

[Link] 5-HTTLPR
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-09 | +16 | 0 comments

[Link] 80,000 Hours 2018 annual review
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-08 | +23 | 0 comments

[Link] "A Psychedelic Renaissance" (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-06 | +24 | 0 comments

Why isn't GV psychedelics grantmaking housed under Open Phil?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-05 | +17 | 0 comments

[Link] Totalitarian ethical systems
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-04 | +7 | 0 comments

Is preventing child abuse a plausible Cause X?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-05-04 | +62 | 0 comments

Why does EA use QALYs instead of experience sampling?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-24 | +58 | 0 comments

Should EA collectively leave Facebook?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-22 | +15 | 0 comments

Should EA grantmaking be subject to independent audit?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-17 | +19 | 0 comments

Is Modern Monetary Theory a good idea?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-16 | +16 | 0 comments

What Master's is the best preparation for an Econ PhD?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-16 | +13 | 0 comments

Complex value & situational awareness
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-16 | +15 | 0 comments

[Link] Open Phil's 2019 progress & plans update
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-16 | +26 | 0 comments

Who in EA enjoys managing people?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-10 | +7 | 0 comments

Who is working on finding "Cause X"?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-10 | +19 | 0 comments

Why did three GiveWell board members resign in April 2019?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-03 | +12 | 0 comments

Is visiting North Korea effective?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-04-02 | –3 | 0 comments

Altruistic action is dispassionate
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-03-30 | +24 | 0 comments

Why is the EA Hotel having trouble fundraising?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-03-26 | +34 | 0 comments

Will the EA Forum continue to have cash prizes?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-03-25 | +14 | 0 comments

EA jobs provide scarce non-monetary goods
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-03-20 | +55 | 0 comments

Is EA a community of elites?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-03-01 | +7 | 0 comments

What type of Master's is best for AI policy work?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-02-22 | +14 | 0 comments

What's the best Security Studies Master's program?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-02-22 | +7 | 0 comments

Time-series data for income & happiness?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-02-20 | +8 | 0 comments

What we talk about when we talk about life satisfaction
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-02-04 | +20 | 0 comments

Is intellectual work better construed as exploration or performance?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-01-25 | +11 | 0 comments

If slow-takeoff AGI is somewhat likely, don't give now
by Milan_Griffes @ 2019-01-23 | +21 | 0 comments

Giving more won't make you happier
by Milan_Griffes @ 2018-12-10 | +47 | 0 comments

Open Thread #42
by Milan_Griffes @ 2018-10-17 | +3 | 0 comments

Doing good while clueless
by Milan_Griffes @ 2018-02-15 | +46 | 0 comments

How tractable is cluelessness?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2017-12-29 | +19 | 0 comments

“Just take the expected value” – a possible reply to concerns about cluelessness
by Milan_Griffes @ 2017-12-21 | +18 | 0 comments

What consequences?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2017-11-23 | +31 | 0 comments

Reading recommendations for the problem of consequentialist scope?
by Milan_Griffes @ 2017-08-02 | +6 | 0 comments

Should Good Ventures focus on current giving opportunities, or save for future...
by Milan_Griffes @ 2016-11-07 | +4 | 0 comments

History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of...
by Milan_Griffes @ 2015-09-01 | +2 | 0 comments