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1. The #EffectiveAltruism tag on TikTok is pretty hit or miss, but arguably qualifies as art. Playlists aren't viewable in the web client, but I have an effective altruism playlist in my profile (@Benthamite) if you use the mobile app.
   1. Various social media meme groups are similar, notably DEAM/OMfCT. See also the meme tag [? · GW] on the EA forum.
2. Jason Crawford has progress-related poems
3. Some wedding related poetry/vows here [EA · GW]
4. José Oliveira makes artwork in exchange for donations to AMF and has a large portfolio of such paintings, although the subject matter is usually not EA related.
5. Secular solstice often has EA-adjacent themes

While the central thesis to expand one’s moral circles can be well-enjoyed by the community, this post is not selling it well. This is exemplified by the “One might be biased towards AIA if…” section, which makes assumptions about individuals who focus on AI alignment. Further, while the post includes a section on cooperation, it discourages it. The post does not invite critical discussion. Thus, I would not recommend this post to any readers interested in moral circles expansion, AI alignment, or cooperation.

Thanks for this!

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Thanks for the kind comment! Yes, connecting your feelings and intellectual understanding can be difficult, and meditation has helped me a lot with this. Good luck with your practice and feel free to private message me if you have any questions (bearing in mind I'm only a beginner myself). 

Could you expand on this? Are you suggesting that it could take attention away from solutions ("inspiring malevolent actors to contribute positively while keeping true to their beliefs") that would reduce x-risk more?

By "keeping true to their beliefs", do you mean their malevolent views? E.g. we want a non harmful or less harmful outlet for their malevolence? Or, just working with their beliefs without triggering their malevolence on a large scale? If the latter, what kinds of beliefs do you have in mind?

Speaking as one partly responsible for that conjunction, I'd say the aim here was to target a scenario that is interesting (AGI) but not too interesting. (It's called a singularity for a reason!) It's arguably a bit conservative in terms of AGI's transformative power, but rapid takeoff is not guaranteed (Metaculus currently gives ~20% probability to >60 months), nor is superintelligence axiomatically the same as a singularity. It is also in a conservative spirit of "varying one thing at a time" (rather than a claim of maximal probability) that we kept much of the rest of the world relatively similar to how it is now.

Part of our goal is to use this contest as a springboard for exploring a wider variety of scenarios and "ground assumptions" and there I think we can try some out that are more radically transformative.

Hm, the 2016 post also looks independent, and possibly informing the CEA's official stance. The 2017 piece and the 2019 post of the same author also seem to build on other diversity writing to a relatively low extent. The inclusion of diversity in the CEA's 2020 planning could have advanced the discussion from 2016 as well as responded to general community discourse.  The EA Survey collects general demographic data, so may not seek to examine the community diversity based on people's talent, experience, opinion, and appearance.

The EA Mental Health Survey may have involved heavy self-selection for mental health issues, so I would be careful about giving it much weight as representative of the community.

This framing of the “drowning child” experiment can best appeal to philosophy professors (as if hearing from a friend), so can be shared with this niche audience. Some popular versions include this video (more neutral, appropriate to diverse age audiences) and this video (using younger audience marketing). This experiment should be used together with some more rational writing on high-impact opportunities [EA · GW] and engagement specifics [EA · GW] in order to motivate people to enjoy high-impact involvement.

Prima facie, this looks like a thoroughly researched innovative piece recommending an important focus area. The notions of preventing malevolent actors from causing harm if they rise to power by developing robust institutions, advancing benevolent frameworks to enable actors join alternatives as they are gaining decisionmaking leverage, and creating narratives which could inspire malevolent actors to contribute positively while keeping true to their beliefs are not discussed. Thus, using this framework for addressing malevolence can constitute an existential risk.