5 ms·
What is EA??? The answer is really simple: oversupply of mediocre talent, and shortage of top talent.
by matthewaveryusa 6y ago
What is EA??? The answer is really simple: oversupply of mediocre talent, and shortage of top talent.
- AlexCoventry 6y agoGiven the mention of MIRI, I'm pretty sure EA stands for Effective Altruism.
- Animats 6y agoThere's the problem. That niche is so tiny that few outside it know their acronym. And it talks to itself so much that the people inside it think people outside it know their acronym.
- zomglings 6y agoAgreed - this article would have been a lot better if the author defined what they meant by "EA movement". It broke my reading flow to have to go and look the term up. Effective altruism. I had no idea that was a thing. Also, I don't see what's particularly altruistic about working at Deep Mind or OpenAI - they pay pretty well from what I know. There probably is a genuine shortage of programmers willing to work full time at a socially or environmentally oriented non-profit in the Bay Area.
- neilparikh 6y ago> they pay pretty well from what I know The core point of effective altruism is to maximize the positive impact you have on the world. That doesn't really have any correlation how much you're getting paid. > There probably is a genuine shortage of programmers willing to work full time at a socially or environmentally oriented non-profit in the Bay Area. Would that be more impactful than working at high paying job and then donation that money somewhere? I doubt these non-profits are constrained by their lack of programmers.