Spiarrow

Just to clarify, would you take on an additional 60000 dollars worth of debt in order to donate it?

If so, I find this admirable, though I would also advise caution, since you can also have impact with your direct work, which might be more difficult if you have a lot of debt. For example, you might want to start a charity or take an unpaid internship to get started in an altruistic career. This might be harder if you have to pay off a lot of debt.

Can you also give an estimate how much more valuable you think donations right now are?

I love the spirit of altruism, and thank you for sharing your thoughts here!

Most Robust Interventions?

Spiarrow1y1

Thank you, those are good points! I am now more optimistic about reducing insect farming and might even donate to that cause :)

Most Robust Interventions?

Spiarrow1y1

Hi JoA,

thank you for the thoughtful reply! I think what you say about insect farming makes sense, I also like this cause area a lot. Although it looks like I am more worried than you about the indirect effects on other farming practices, like fish farming or factory farming of land animals.

And thank you for the link to the Tomasik post, he makes good points! Do you think I should change the original wording?

What is the best way to do donation swapping?

Spiarrow1y1

Thanks for the PSA, I didn't have plans for this, but I might not have thought about it.

Open call: "Existential risk of AI: technical conditions"

Spiarrow1y2

Since the submission deadline has now passed, are you still looking for collaborators?

Trade Between Altruists With Different AI Timelines?

Spiarrow1y1

Maybe this trade would be quite risky for Bob unless it is enforced so strictly that the risk profile for Alice is very similar to just borrowing money from a bank.

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