TLDR: Take the population ethics quiz here: https://mdickens.me/pop-ethics/
Population ethics is an oft-overlooked subfield within ethics. Many people hold views that they don't realize contradict each other, or that have strange implications that they wouldn't endorse if they thought about it more.
Not just that—population ethics is a BIG DEAL. A lot of ethical decisions hinge on how you think about changes in future populations....
A preliminary estimate, and a request for better ones.
Summary
I believe the standard literature estimates for the number of DALYs attributable to a case of stunting are too low, largely because they don’t account for the long term effects. This means that childhood nutritional interventions that reduce the prevalence of stunting may be substantially more cost-effective than previously believed.
Epistemic status
Exploratory and back-o...
I’ve been feeling pretty shaken since the METR report about the Hugging Face incident came out last week. Over the weekend, I wrote up some thoughts on how lonely the AI situation sometimes feels to me. It’s more personal than what I’d usually share publicly, but I thought I’d post it here in case it resonates with anyone else.
I’m very grateful to the man...
My apologies if I messed something up, just wanted to make sure I'd get it up in time.
I would also like to note that I was following this counter for the PST 12 deadline:
https://time.is/PST
But I realize now it might be off because of daylight savings? But I truly hope you will still consider it a valid entry. I really poured a lot of effort (plus a tiring all-nighter) to pull it off despite having found out about the contest just a few days ago!
There may be some typos and formatting issues given the last minute rush, but I won't edit it any further unless given permission to.
New Forum users need to be approved by a moderator before their posts are published. This post was approved, along with a few others, just after the deadline, when I did my final sweep to look for submissions from new authors. I've edited the publication time for this and those other posts to reflect when they were actually submitted. So you're fine!