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I'm an effective altruist mainly reading and boosting posts, but occasionally I'll muse and doodle about effective altruism. I take a balanced approach, so will highlight under-represented views—my opinions will no doubt become apparent :)
Billionaire donor Cari Tuna is widening the circle of evidence-based giving. Her group, now called Coefficient Giving, will offer free guidance to major donors on how to make the most impact and has already helped steer more than $300 million to causes.
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Available in the iOS app store now!
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The organization, which has been primarily funded by Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and wife Cari Tuna, has rebranded as both a grantmaker and philanthropic advisor.
Mike Scutari Reports: tinyurl.com/yh2fw57v
#CoefficientGiving #EffectiveAltruism #Philanthropy #DustinMoskovitz #CariTuna
3. Resilience: countering extremism [extremisms]
Resilience chapter
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![extract reads "Moskovitz co-founded the philanthropic organization Good Ventures with his girlfriend (and now wife) Cari Tuna in 2011.[19] In June 2012, Good Ventures announced a close partnership with charity evaluator GiveWell. Both organizations "are aiming to do as much good as possible" and thereby align with the goals of effective altruism.[20][21] Good Ventures has" <- lesswrong/MIRI derived "effective alturism" being the most important bit lol](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nhrk2uzhvcjipeghwinhpamk/bafkreichzjggvo5guew25ur4rnxxdqxvk4et56x46rotuucsd2klfiwrre)
I love how they call what Moskovitz does "effective philantrophy" instead of... you probably guessed it, I know I did...
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I completely understand you want to attract those with the ability to be effective, but the salaries of executives shouldn’t be huge, especially given the fact that they’re charities funded entirely by donations.
🗞️ Pas de nouveau procès pour Sam Bankman-Fried ? Les procureurs y sont opposés
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"Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values."
– Peter Singer
#quote of #wisdom
Trump's DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried's MAGA makeover on X
Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a "pro-crypto president," FTX's disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he's a Republican now. The former Democratic…
Screen and music icon Barbra Streisand to get Cannes festival's top prize: Legendary American actress and singer Barbra Streisand will be honored with an honorary Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on May 23rd, joining director Peter Jackson as a recipient of… https://ranked.news/312006?u=b
Sam Bankman-Fried attempts to rebrand as Republican to escape his 25-year sentence, but the DOJ rejects his claims of political persecution and denies his motion for a new trial.
Amour & Amnésie de Peter Segal (2004) est une de mes RomCom préférée.
Une version décomplexée de Un Jour sans fin avec le duo de The Wedding Singer, Adam Sandler et Drew Barrymore, entourés de truculent persos secondaires et mammifères pour une drôlement belle histoire d'amour.
Longtermist philosopher Toby Ord considers a totalitarian "enforced dystopia" to be one of the main types of existential catastrophe. Here's a passage from his book The Precipice. Preserving democracy seems like an important priority for protecting our long-term future.
I had to dig further. It’s not at the end it’s 27 min in. It’s more than a comment it’s a slide with a link to research, but I think it’s a little misleading. This assumes a 30 step process with no ability to confirm success or adjust and re-try, which to me seems disconnected from many use cases.
Toby Ord argues that RL scaling for AI mainly works by allowing models to work for longer, so the gains come with large, per-use inference costs.
According to JS Denain, this overstates how much of a bottleneck this will be for AI progress.
“One billionaire, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, asked for his name to be removed from the website, saying he didn’t agree with its position.”
Derik Kauffman is a Dbag
Dustin Moskovitz has become the top funder in effective altruism, succeeding Sam Bankman-Fried, focusing on colleges and education. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-29/moskovitz-replaces-sbf-as-top-effective-altruism-funder-focuses-on-colleges
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Moral Ambition sounds intriguing! Love diving into philosophy and ethics—always makes for a thought-provoking listen. 📚👂
"The man who once described his hunt for voter fraud as an effort to 'save the country' now has a direct line to the president, giving him more influence than ever." www.cnn.com/2026/03/08/p...
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith
As a middle manager, I feel this deeply. Really love knowing that some of my direct reports are giving me wrinkles.
If you really wanna have fun with philosophy of mind, ask yourself if the people in your dreams are conscious/moral patients and if it's possible to harm them via the actions you take, and if so whether or not it's your fault while in the normal dreaming mode, so not completely volitional or lucid.
I love the use of the Morality, Duty and Obligation trackers and how they can show character progression, and giving each player character something that ties them to the overall theme of the setting is a really good way to direct roleplay while still giving the player flexibility.
I like it a lot.
from sam altman's march 2015 blog post "machine intelligence part 2": blog.samaltman.com/machine-inte...
Bring out the shy people.
In a new book, Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore makes the case for politics without politicians. She argues that while current democratic systems may be faltering, they can be strengthened by giving ordinary people a more direct role in governing.
Feed: "Effective Altruism Forum"
By: Holden Karnofsky on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
She’s quoting an article
You do understand
The difference between
Her reading someone
Else’s words
& giving a direct opinion
Right?
#Mm
Amanda Askell is a philosopher who wrote a 30,000-word soul document on values and ethics, teaching Claude AI how to be good. Alongside Joe Carlsmith, Chris Olah and Holden Karnofsky, she shaped what it means for an AI to be trustworthy.
#Claude #AI
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