EA Forum Digest #236

DIY Debate Week is coming—connection, impact, and bouncing back.

Hello!

Have you enjoyed past debate weeks? Do you have a topic you wish we’d cover? April 28th will commence a DIY debate week, start thinking of ideas now.

— JP (for the Forum team)

We recommend:

1. EA Survey 2024: What Helps People Have an Impact and Connect with Other EAs (Willem Sleegers, David_Moss, 13 min)

2. Cost-effectiveness of Anima International Poland (saulius, 22 min)

3. Doing Prioritization Better (multiple authors, 23 min)

4. AI

   • AI 2027: What Superintelligence Looks Like (Linkpost) (Manuel Allgaier, 50 min, link-post)

   • Slopworld 2035: The dangers of mediocre AI (titotal, 35 min, link-post)

   • Protesting Now for AI Regulation might be more Impactful than AI Safety Research (Nicolae, 2 min)

   • Map of AI Safety v2 (Bryce Robertson, 1 min)

   • Which skill profiles will matter most in an AI-agent world? (calebp, 2 min, quick take)

5. Why experienced professionals fail to land high-impact roles (gergo, 11 min)

6. Are People Happier Than Before? I Tested for "Rescaling" & Found Little Evidence (Charlie Harrison, 5 min)

7. Big if true: Three health interventions worth a closer look (Deena Mousa, 10 min, link-post)

8. What are effective donation opportunities for safeguarding liberal democracy in the US in 2025? (electroswing, 1 min)

9. My first year in Effective Altruism (Victoria Dias, 2 min)

10. Some of my favorite episodes from the Statecraft podcast (Cian M, 1 min, quick take)

Announcements:

1. Updates from organisations

   • Announcing our 2025 strategy (Giving What We Can, 3 min), see also: GWWC is retiring 10 initiatives

   • Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from January to March 2025 (KarolinaSarek🔸 et al, 7 min)

   • EA Organization Updates: April 2025 (Toby Tremlett🔹, Dane Valerie, 10 min)

2. Job listings

   • The CEA Events Team is Hiring for Three Program Lead Positions (OllieBase)

   • Contracting Opportunity: Be a shortform video editor for the new 80,000 Hours Video Program (even if you haven't edited before!) (ChanaMessinger, Aric Floyd)

3. Other opportunities to take action

   • Longview is now offering AI grant recommendations to donors giving >$100k / year (multiple authors, 2 min)

   • Animal Welfare Economics Conference @ PSE: Registration Open (Bob Fischer, 1 min)

   • Take A Research Survey About Veganism (sada_rice, 1 min)

   • Donate to 'Making God': a Feature Documentary on risks from AGI (ConnorA, 9 min)

Classic Forum post:

• Recovering from Rejection (Aaron Gertler, 13 min)