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* To determine whether AI is ‘improving exponentially’, ‘hitting the wall’, or any other claim which involves a quantity or magnitude (e.g. ‘This model was a big leap/small increment’). We need a good y-axis: an interval scale of AI capability which means +1 unit always represents the same degree of ‘how much better’, in the same way +1 degree Celsius is always the same amount of ‘how much hotter’.
* Yet there is no good y-axis for AI capability. All our...
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* The animal welfare movement has already seen an influx in funding and should prepare for the possibility of more.
* The EA Animal Welfare Fund is encouraging those working in animal advocacy to actively set aside time and resources now to concretely plan for scaling sustainably, and we’ll support you in doing that.
* We’re requesting advocates set concrete ambitious goals and submit plans t...
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As a new person here, i am curious to learn more. I think that Longtermism strongly implies growth-oriented policies, and that might even be the existential risk-minimizing strategy. I did an entire substack post on my thoughts, and would be interested to hear where you might think i am wrong (I probably am, you may have thought a lot more on it than I have, or just be smarter). Also what is the general longtermist take on AI-regulation, and the larger statement made here - We Must Act Now. It seems to me that carte blanche calls to action are not really helpful, but would be open to changing my mind. :-)
https://open.substack.com/pub/ulrikahm/p/longtermism-and-the-moral-necessity?r=4cnrou&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true