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What's effective altruism? A philosopher explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTech billionaire Dustin Mosovitz is one of the world's wealthiest effective altruists. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty ImagesEffective altruism is...
What Happens Now to Effective Altruism, SBF's Pet Philosophy?
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid Crypto Crash Effective Altruism? Sam Bankman-Fried illustration by Joe Darrow If you listened...
Want to Do More Good? This Movement Might Have the Answer
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Illustration by The Project Twins for Time Thirteen years ago, William MacAskill found...
The new think tanks influencing AI policy in Washington
Semafor via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA group of well-funded organizations have sprung up in recent months to convince lawmakers about...
What's the fate of California's pandemic preparedness ballot measure backed by Sam Bankman-Fried?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe convicted cryptocurrency executive was a major backer of a ballot measure to tax the wealthy to...
FTX bankruptcy also endangers founder's philanthropic gifts
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy last week has also shaken the...
'Effective altruism' has caught on with billionaire donors – but is the world's most headline-making...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on Aug. 25, 2022, in Texas....
Effective altruism solved all the problems of capitalism—until it didn't
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIt’s hard to argue with the tenets of effective altruism. The movement, which began in the UK in...
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
Politico via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting top AI companies with ties to the network.
Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhile technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial-intelligence development,...