James Brobin

Software Engineer @ Laboratory For Atmospheric and Space Physics
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The "Risks from artificial intelligence (AI)" section could benefit from being updated. The majority of posts were written over three years ago, and AI is advancing so quickly that I think more recent posts would be more salient.

I think specifically the 80,000 Hours article "The case for AGI by 2030" could be worth including.

Good idea! I'll look into that! Very sunny from what I've ever heard.

Oh, gotcha! I appreciate the thoughts. Yeah, Oxford seems pretty cool, although I really don't think I'd get used to weather, lol.

That's an interesting suggestion! I would not have thought of that!

Ah, thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for!

As a utilitarian, my first impulse is to suggest the term "animal welfarism," since it focuses on what I actually care about, namely well-being.

This term maximizes the scope of what one cares about to include both wild animal suffering and factory farming. It also allows for a diversity of actions such as changing one's diet, engaging in political action, or donating money as @Erwin Rossen mentions.

I would also guess that people who identify as animal welfarists are less likely to have the all-or-nothing attitude that it seems like some vegans have.

Ah, thanks for sharing that! She appears to put pretty much everything she has to say behind a paywall, but hopefully, someday there will be a more accessible resource with a similar goal to hers! I'd also recommend checking out the book Early Retirement Extreme. It's, in my view, a foundational text for frugality.

Yeah, I definitely agree. I wish there was an EA hub that wasn't so extraordinarily expensive to live in.

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