William MacAskill

@willmacaskill

Consider donating 10% to effective charities: givingwhatwecan.org/pledge Or a career for impact: 80000hours.org My research: forethought.org

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William MacAskill
@willmacaskill
Jul 19
"In building ever more advanced AI, we may be creating a new type of being – and this could be the most consequential thing our species has ever done. Yet we have essentially no plan for how to navigate this process ethically. That, by any reckoning, is insane." I've a new
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William MacAskill
@willmacaskill
Jul 13
Incredibly compelling and well-produced video from @givingwhatwecan about the eradication of malaria. One of the best youtube videos I've seen in a long time.
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William MacAskill
@willmacaskill
Jun 25
New paper out! With @ElliottThornley: We explore the case for training AIs to be risk-averse in resources. The idea is that risk aversion acts as a failsafe against misalignment. If AIs turn out misaligned but risk-averse, then, at least before the point at which they are far
Forethought
@forethought_org
Jun 24
A new report argues that training AIs to be risk-averse – to treat resources as having diminishing marginal utility – could both preserve AIs’ usefulness (if they turn out aligned) and provide an extra line of defense (if they turn out misaligned). The authors sketch out some
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William MacAskill
@willmacaskill
May 26
So so excited for 80,000 Hours the book to be out, by my cofounder @ben_j_todd - a culmination of 15 years' work! What career you pursue is among the most important decisions in your life, and this is the best guide there is.
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From 80000hours.org
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William MacAskill
@willmacaskill
May 15
Still probably the best podcast episode ever made.
Dwarkesh Patel
@dwarkesh_sp
May 14
How easily would it be for a future superintelligence to persuade humans to do its bidding? The most persuasive humans give us a lower bound. The best human politicians have been able to convince huge numbers of smart and shrewd people that they're on their side, even if their
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