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A new study from researchers at Forethought Foundation finds that training language models to be risk-averse on low-stakes gambles (prizes up to $100) can generalize to astronomically high stakes (pri…

Economists are increasingly studying the risks of transformative AI, including potential human extinction, and this post provides a guide for economics researchers to identify high-impact research are…

A former effective altruist explains how reading Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' led him to leave the EA movement, arguing that EA bundles distinct philosophical ideals—rationalism, impactful agency, maxi…