Oliver Kerr🔸
@oliverkerr.bsky.social
MD at Aurora Energy Research in North America. Interested in energy, climate, effective giving, and Blackburn Rovers FC. Views my own etc.
We have a new report out on the potential impact of scrapping tax credits for wind, solar and battery storage deployment - link below.
Eliminating tech-neutral incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act (#IRA) could result in:
💰 $336B less investment
👷♂️ 97,000 net fewer American jobs by 2040
🏘️ 10% average monthly household energy bill increase
💡🔌 Via @oliverkerr.bsky.social & Aurora Energy Research: auroraer.com/media/reform...
💰 $336B less investment
👷♂️ 97,000 net fewer American jobs by 2040
🏘️ 10% average monthly household energy bill increase
💡🔌 Via @oliverkerr.bsky.social & Aurora Energy Research: auroraer.com/media/reform...
January 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We have a new report out on the potential impact of scrapping tax credits for wind, solar and battery storage deployment - link below.
I find this a weak critique of effective giving in @nytimes.com. Ignores that orgs like @givingwhatwecan.bsky.social encourage giving *more*, not just "optimizing" giving. Expanding our circle of moral concern doesn't necessarily imply neglecting local communities.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
What if Charity Shouldn’t Be Optimized?
The recent trend in philanthropy has been to look for the most bang for your buck. Maybe you don’t have to.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I find this a weak critique of effective giving in @nytimes.com. Ignores that orgs like @givingwhatwecan.bsky.social encourage giving *more*, not just "optimizing" giving. Expanding our circle of moral concern doesn't necessarily imply neglecting local communities.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
Fascinating new analysis from Apollo Research shows the ability of #ChatGPT and other #AI models both to deceive developers AND then lie about the deception to cover their tracks. Really shows the importance of alignment work in #AIsafety
www.apolloresearch.ai/research/sch...
www.apolloresearch.ai/research/sch...
Scheming reasoning evaluations — Apollo Research
Apollo Research evaluated frontier models for in-context scheming capabilities. We found that multiple frontier models are capable of in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal (and som...
www.apolloresearch.ai
December 11, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Fascinating new analysis from Apollo Research shows the ability of #ChatGPT and other #AI models both to deceive developers AND then lie about the deception to cover their tracks. Really shows the importance of alignment work in #AIsafety
www.apolloresearch.ai/research/sch...
www.apolloresearch.ai/research/sch...
I've never been one for social media and still getting to grips with this place, but I enjoy that my news feed is a fairly glorious mix of passionate energy/climate wonkery, eclectic effective altruism, and alternatively depressive/buoyant Blackburn Rovers F.C. content
#energysky #effectivealtruism
#energysky #effectivealtruism
December 11, 2024 at 1:34 AM
I've never been one for social media and still getting to grips with this place, but I enjoy that my news feed is a fairly glorious mix of passionate energy/climate wonkery, eclectic effective altruism, and alternatively depressive/buoyant Blackburn Rovers F.C. content
#energysky #effectivealtruism
#energysky #effectivealtruism
It was really fun speaking with @tnorris.bsky.social about interconnection queues in the US. Why is it that it takes *so* much longer to get new energy capacity online in some parts of the country? What can be done about it? Tyler is truly the #1 expert so well worth a listen! #energysky
These stats blew my mind - and I enjoyed discussing them on the latest episode of Aurora Energy Research's "Energy Unplugged" podcast, hot off the press this AM w/ @oliverkerr.bsky.social: 🔌💡 auroraer.com/podcast/
December 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM
It was really fun speaking with @tnorris.bsky.social about interconnection queues in the US. Why is it that it takes *so* much longer to get new energy capacity online in some parts of the country? What can be done about it? Tyler is truly the #1 expert so well worth a listen! #energysky