EA Forum Digest #246

Forum debates morality. CEA hiring. Chickens win.

Reputable substacker Bentham’s Bulldog has set up a debate event on the Forum, discussing whether morality is objective. Currently the vote is split — maybe you can sway them. Also, CEA is hiring for a director of EA Funds, deadline June 29th.

— Toby (for the Forum team)

We recommend:

1. A deep critique of AI 2027’s bad timeline models (titotal, 47 min)

2. Please reconsider your use of adjectives (Alfredo Parra 🔸, 4 min)

3. Crunch time for cage-free (LewisBollard, 8 min)

4. The Lies of Big Bug (Bentham's Bulldog, 5 min)

5. Animal advocates are too reluctant to sit at the industry's table (Aaron Boddy🔸, 2 min)

6. Interstellar travel will probably doom the long-term future (JordanStone, 20 min)

7. Should we launch the “Animal Advocacy Corps”? Seeking Feedback and a Founder (haven, 6 min)

8. The Need to Optimize EA Content to Show Up in AI Chats (Elizabeth Álvarez, 6 min)

9. Vegan Challenges Are An Underrated Lever For Diet Change (Björn 🔹, 2 min)

10. Systems Change 101 (Swan 🔸, Lin BL, Karen Singleton, Ulf Graf 🔹, Ben R Smith, 23 min)

11. A History of Global Development (DavidNash, 12 min)

12. Mainstream Grantmaking Expertise (Post 7 of 7 on AI Governance) (Jason Green-Lowe, 45 min)

13. Should more EAs become technical sales professionals? (Patrick Hoang, 14 min)

Announcements:

• Updates from organisations

  • Arkose is Closing (Arkose, 2 min)

  • LANAIS (Latin American Network for AI Safety) kick-off (multiple authors, 2 min)

  • Introducing Impact Catalyst - a high-impact nonprofit incubation program in Latin America (Verónica Suárez M., 3 min)

• Job listings

  • CEA is hiring for a Director of EA Funds (Zachary Robinson🔸, 5 min)

  • Apply to be a mentor in SPAR! (Agustín Covarrubias 🔸)

• Other opportunities to take action

  • Call for Volunteers at Amplify: Help grow the EA & AI Safety communities (Amplify, gergo, 2 min)

Classic Forum post:

• Corporate campaigns affect 9 to 120 years of chicken life per dollar spent (saulius, 71 min) — note: this is from 2019, so the headline figure is unlikely to be accurate anymore. For today’s data, see Lewis’s post above.