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Longtermism
65 posts
Criticism of effective altruist causes
AI skepticism
Immigration reform
Criticism of longtermism and existential risk studies
Peace and conflict studies
Nick Beckstead
129
The Future Might Not Be So Great
Jacy
5mo
118
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Parfit + Singer + Aliens = ?
Maxwell Tabarrok
2mo
23
35
Longtermism and Computational Complexity
David Kinney
3mo
46
31
A proposed hierarchy of longtermist concepts
Arepo
1mo
13
58
Longtermist terminology has biasing assumptions
Arepo
1mo
13
53
How to find *reliable* ways to improve the future?
Sjlver
4mo
35
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Database of orgs relevant to longtermist/x-risk work
MichaelA
1y
44
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"Long-Termism" vs. "Existential Risk"
Scott Alexander
8mo
83
17
In Defence of Temporal Discounting in Longtermist Ethics
𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆
1mo
4
130
Response to Torres’ ‘The Case Against Longtermism’
HaydnBelfield
1y
77
46
[Link post] Optimistic “Longtermism” Is Terrible For Animals
BrianK
3mo
6
17
Alien Counterfactuals
Charlie_Guthmann
2mo
3
30
On longtermism, Bayesianism, and the doomsday argument
iporphyry
3mo
5
12
Formalizing Extinction Risk Reduction vs. Longtermism
Charlie_Guthmann
2mo
2
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Counterarguments to the basic AI risk case
Katja_Grace
2mo
22
58
A Critique of Longtermism by Popular YouTube Science Channel, Sabine Hossenfelder: "Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Their Plan?"
Ram Aditya
1mo
21
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Optimism, AI risk, and EA blind spots
Justis
2mo
22
24
The Credibility of Apocalyptic Claims: A Critique of Techno-Futurism within Existential Risk
Ember
4mo
35
37
Against longtermism
Brian Lui
4mo
32
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[edited] Inequality is a (small) problem for EA and economic growth
Karthik Tadepalli
4mo
28
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(Linkpost) Wired Magazine prints misinformation about AI safety
trevor1
19d
3
29
Longtermists should take climate change very seriously
Nir Eyal
2mo
10
106
Summarizing the comments on William MacAskill's NYT opinion piece on longtermism
West
3mo
11
7
Longtermism and Uncertainty
Wahhab Baldwin
2mo
2
6
Carnegie Council MisUnderstands Longtermism
Jeff A
2mo
8
12
Concerns with Longtermism
Wahhab Baldwin
3mo
9
38
Reasons for my negative feelings towards the AI risk discussion
fergusq
3mo
9
13
Defective Altruism article in Current Affairs Magazine
ukc10014
2mo
6