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Man, I was just re-reading the 'why I donate' posts while compiling the Digest. Some really beautiful sentiments in there.  I grew up in a deeply ironic and uncaring culture (i.e. I went to an all boys school). I didn't like it! It means a lot to me to be in a community now where people can write such heartfelt and authentic posts.  Some of my favourites: * Lorenzo's post, for a great articulation of money considered as a vote: "€1.70 votes to be allocated into a slice of pizza for Lorenzo" or "$5.85 votes for an insecticide-treated bednet for a family in DRC" * Aaron's post: this one made me emotional, which surprised me given the Pokemon-rap context. I think it was the picture Aaron made of the world conspiring to create something he loved. * Bentham's Bulldog: The title alone is wonderful "A Life That Cannot Be A Failure"  

Question: Has anyone here applied to a role they found on the EA Opportunities board? (Attaching an image of what it used to look like + what it looks like now). I’m curious if you ended up getting the role or not, and would really appreciate hearing either way. I’m trying to get a sense of how many applications and placements the board is leading to. Happy to DM if that’s easier!

Wanted to bring this comment thread out to ask if there's a good list of AI safety papers/blog posts/urls anywhere for this? (I think local digital storage in many locations probably makes more sense than paper but also why not both)

There are a number of implicit concepts I have in my head that seem so obvious that I don't even bother verbalizing them. At least, until it's brought to my attention other people don't share these concepts. It didn't feel like a big revelation at the time I learned the concept, just a formalization of something that's extremely obvious. And yet other people don't have those intuitions, so perhaps this is pretty non-obvious in reality. Here’s a short, non-exhaustive list: * Intermediate Value Theorem * Net Present Value * Differentiable functions are locally linear * Theory of mind * Grice’s maxims If you have not heard any of these ideas before, I highly recommend you look them up! Most *likely*, they will seem obvious to you. You might already know those concepts by a different name, or they’re already integrated enough into your worldview without a definitive name. However, many people appear to lack some of these concepts, and it’s possible you’re one of them. As a test: for every idea in the above list, can you think of a nontrivial real example of a dispute where one or both parties in an intellectual disagreement likely failed to model this concept? If not, you might be missing something about each idea!