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Cause Prioritization Research

Thoughts on how to best reduce suffering

Category: Big Questions

Arguments for and against moral advocacy

July 5, 2017 Tobias Baumann Big Questions, Misc

Spreading beneficial values is a promising intervention for effective altruists. We may hope that our advocacy has a lasting influence[…]

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Should altruists focus on artificial intelligence?

May 4, 2017 Tobias Baumann AI, Big Questions

The idea that we should aim to shape smarter-than-human artificial intelligence (AI) is among the most well-known crucial considerations of[…]

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Should altruists prioritize the far future?

April 12, 2017 Tobias Baumann Big Questions

Brian Tomasik’s essay Should Altruists Focus on Reducing Short-Term or Far-Future Suffering? contains many interesting arguments for and against far future dominance.[…]

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