BenjaminTodd

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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Good point. It still seems unlikely to me that all entrepreneurial activity contributes to productivity growth though. I'll look into it some more.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Quick aside - all the figures in the paper are per hour earnings figures.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Yes - I'd guess entrepreneurs have more social impact than salaried workers, because they do more innovative work. We'll write more about this in the future. Note that the paper you cite is only about technological advances though
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What the literature says about the earnings of entrepreneurs(80000hours.org)
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What the literature says about the earnings of entrepreneurs(80000hours.org)
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Where's the highest impact place to donate this giving season?(80000hours.org)
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
There's a lot of exploration of different development curves for AI in Bostrom's book, including the most obvious one, an S-curve.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Bostrom's predictions about when human level AI will arrive are mainly based on surveys of computer scientists e.g. http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/ai-risk/ai-timelines
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What's the easiest way anyone can do a lot of good with their lives?(80000hours.org)
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
I'm not saying we don't know whether climate change poses a tail risk or not (it obviously does). I'm just saying that claiming uncertainty isn't a good reason to avoid action. In general, if there's a poorly unders
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
The letter isn't (just) about modern weapon systems. It was put together by this group: http://futureoflife.org/ai-news/ Also, no-one is worried about a skynet scenario. The worrying scenario is just any powerful
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
The expert consensus says 10% chance of human-level AI in 10 years: http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/ai-risk/ai-timelines Many computer science professors have publicly said they think AI poses significant
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
The purpose of the profile isn't to argue a risk exists. We largely defer to the people we take to be experts on the issue, especially Nick Bostrom. We think he presents compelling arguments in Superintelligence , and although it&#x27
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
If you want to get a job in this area, we wrote a guide: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/top-careers/profiles/art...
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Artificial intelligence risk research(80000hours.org)
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
In the spirit of openness, it would be great to see public responses to the downsides of this approach. In particular, Bostrom Ch5.1 argues that the lead project is more likely than not to get a decisive strategic advantage, leading to a wi
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Criticisms of Zuckerberg's donation debunked(qz.com)
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Charities we’d like to see(blog.givewell.org)
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Analysis of earnings of startup employees compared to large company engineers(80000hours.org)
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Startup employees don't earn more(80000hours.org)
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Thanks! So to summarise, you'll end up with lower earnings because your skills and network won't improve as fast as they would at a for-profit?
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Point taken. The type of nonprofit I'm thinking about is the type that might go through YC though e.g. Watsi. How much would that change things? Also, how about if you're product manager at the nonprofit (e.g. with a budget and do
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Ask HN: Will being an engineer at a nonprofit reduce your longterm earnings?
14 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago|9 comments
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Maximise your impact. Join 80,000 Hours (YC S15 nonprofit) as product engineer(80000hours.org)
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Should you plan your career?(80000hours.org)
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
The list isn't in order.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
The relevant difference is that animals feel pain but plants don't, because they don't have nervous systems.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
We have to just pick one outcome variable for each experiment though, or it's going to get too complicated.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Sorry about that - we got a bit overloaded. It's also a beta platform, hence the loading page issue.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
That's good feedback, thank you.

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