young_opsimath ⏸️
@opsimath.bsky.social
An Effective Altruist in grad school who's interested in catastrophic risk reduction and the welfare of non-human animals.
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A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...
March 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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yea this is like saying socialists endorse fascism because mussolini exists imo. both EA's stated values and the actions of 90% of its members are for PEPFAR existing. to whatever extent luke was an EA and is acting to hurt PEPFAR, it's because he changed his mind or is ""following orders""
March 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
yea this is like saying socialists endorse fascism because mussolini exists imo. both EA's stated values and the actions of 90% of its members are for PEPFAR existing. to whatever extent luke was an EA and is acting to hurt PEPFAR, it's because he changed his mind or is ""following orders""
Discovering fascinating parallels between MAGA conspiracies about the left/liberals & Bluesky conspiracies about EA
MAGAs, for example, have made outlandish claims about leftists/liberals doing "after birth abortions"
Similarly, this person thinks EAs made wooly mouse — lmao what??
MAGAs, for example, have made outlandish claims about leftists/liberals doing "after birth abortions"
Similarly, this person thinks EAs made wooly mouse — lmao what??
March 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Discovering fascinating parallels between MAGA conspiracies about the left/liberals & Bluesky conspiracies about EA
MAGAs, for example, have made outlandish claims about leftists/liberals doing "after birth abortions"
Similarly, this person thinks EAs made wooly mouse — lmao what??
MAGAs, for example, have made outlandish claims about leftists/liberals doing "after birth abortions"
Similarly, this person thinks EAs made wooly mouse — lmao what??
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The U.S. foreign aid freeze has left many without access to critical, life-saving programs. The Life You Can Save, in partnership with Founders Pledge, has created the Rapid Response Fund to help close the gap. (1/2)
Founders Pledge & The Life You Can Save: Rapid Response Fund | Every.org
The Rapid Response Fund will fill critical time-sensitive funding gaps created by the suspension of US foreign aid.
www.every.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The U.S. foreign aid freeze has left many without access to critical, life-saving programs. The Life You Can Save, in partnership with Founders Pledge, has created the Rapid Response Fund to help close the gap. (1/2)
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It's pretty popular to hate on EA right now but this is just incoherent. I don't know why they're making musk out to be some poster boy for EA but he's not. Many/most EA's care deeply about minimizing the effects of disease & similar causes
i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's pretty popular to hate on EA right now but this is just incoherent. I don't know why they're making musk out to be some poster boy for EA but he's not. Many/most EA's care deeply about minimizing the effects of disease & similar causes
Epistemically, this is identical to "they are eating the cats."
Effective altruists are so committed to PEPFAR that they wrote a 400-page report on it & are organizing a donation fund for those affected by USAID cuts.
But who cares about the truth when lying & cheap dunks are so much fun?
Effective altruists are so committed to PEPFAR that they wrote a 400-page report on it & are organizing a donation fund for those affected by USAID cuts.
But who cares about the truth when lying & cheap dunks are so much fun?
i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy
March 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Epistemically, this is identical to "they are eating the cats."
Effective altruists are so committed to PEPFAR that they wrote a 400-page report on it & are organizing a donation fund for those affected by USAID cuts.
But who cares about the truth when lying & cheap dunks are so much fun?
Effective altruists are so committed to PEPFAR that they wrote a 400-page report on it & are organizing a donation fund for those affected by USAID cuts.
But who cares about the truth when lying & cheap dunks are so much fun?
What is Anthropic doing that others aren't?
It seems that we can squeeze more out of models w/o inference time compute.
Any guesses how?
It seems that we can squeeze more out of models w/o inference time compute.
Any guesses how?
November 16, 2024 at 2:49 AM
What is Anthropic doing that others aren't?
It seems that we can squeeze more out of models w/o inference time compute.
Any guesses how?
It seems that we can squeeze more out of models w/o inference time compute.
Any guesses how?
My experience w marijuana tells me that the distribution is bimodal.
You either have the "right" brain chemistry & conscientious/aversion to addiction that you'll do it a healthy amount, like once or twice a month, and you'll really enjoy it and experience ~0 negative outcomes.
You either have the "right" brain chemistry & conscientious/aversion to addiction that you'll do it a healthy amount, like once or twice a month, and you'll really enjoy it and experience ~0 negative outcomes.
November 15, 2024 at 3:19 AM
My experience w marijuana tells me that the distribution is bimodal.
You either have the "right" brain chemistry & conscientious/aversion to addiction that you'll do it a healthy amount, like once or twice a month, and you'll really enjoy it and experience ~0 negative outcomes.
You either have the "right" brain chemistry & conscientious/aversion to addiction that you'll do it a healthy amount, like once or twice a month, and you'll really enjoy it and experience ~0 negative outcomes.
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(3) makes so much sense!
This creates a trilemma: (1) deny AlphaFold produces scientific knowledge, or (2) accept that predictions can be scientific knowledge when the principles/patterns from which they are derived are not, or (3) accept that scientific knowledge can be strongly opaque. (3/5)
November 15, 2024 at 3:13 AM
(3) makes so much sense!
BlueSky seems good so far but I can't get over the fact that every tag shows up in full like @scoobydooby.boombap.socialmedia
November 14, 2024 at 4:41 AM
BlueSky seems good so far but I can't get over the fact that every tag shows up in full like @scoobydooby.boombap.socialmedia
It's TBOB!
Presenting an exploration of Bluesky's network. Going to go over the community structure, evolution of the network, top accounts, etc.
First, here is the high-level community structure with some labels. Hi res w/ zoom here: https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/884cb1c001cd48e79aca92232bd24a04
First, here is the high-level community structure with some labels. Hi res w/ zoom here: https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/884cb1c001cd48e79aca92232bd24a04
November 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
It's TBOB!
Scaling has not plateaued
November 13, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Scaling has not plateaued
The great EA migration, circa 2024
November 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM
The great EA migration, circa 2024
Hello @kyleflaw.bsky.social — how does the EA feed work? Unsure if it's curated because I noticed a) surface level commentary b) traditional political noise in it
October 9, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Hello @kyleflaw.bsky.social — how does the EA feed work? Unsure if it's curated because I noticed a) surface level commentary b) traditional political noise in it