Hello!

Ben West has kicked off an EA strategy discussions event, running June 12-24.

Also, the Forum team is experimenting with designs for “reaction” options on posts or comments. Please share your feedback!

— Lizka (for the Forum team)

We recommend:

1. Cause area report: Antimicrobial Resistance (Akhil, 6 min)
2. Things I Learned by Spending Five Thousand Hours In Non-EA Charities (jenn, 10 min) — see also lessons from health economics
3. Effects of Cash Transfers on Mortality Rates (results of a new large study) (nshaff3r, link-post)
4. AI
   1. A compute-based framework for thinking about the future of AI (Matthew_Barnett, 23 min)
   2. A Playbook for AI Risk Reduction (focused on misaligned AI) (Holden Karnofsky, 17 min)
   3. Transformative AGI by 2043 is <1% likely (Ted Sanders, 6 min) (see also some pushback from Paul Christiano)
   4. The current alignment plan, and how we might improve it (EAG Bay Area 23 talk) (Buck, 40 min video/transcript)
   5. A note of caution about recent AI risk coverage (Sean_o_h, 4 min) 
5. EA community and lifestyle
   1. EA and Longtermism: not a crux for saving the world (ClaireZabel, 12 min)
   2. Probably tell your friends when they make big mistakes (Chi, 8 min)
   3. Veganism entails trade-offs, and health is one of the axes; education could help (Elizabeth, 23 min)
   4. National EA groups shouldn’t focus on city groups (DavidNash, 4 min)

News, resources, and updates:

1. Take action
   1. Applications open for AI Safety Fundamentals: Governance Course (deadline 25 June) (Jamie Bernardi, BlueDot Impact, Dewi)
   2. Launching Lightspeed Grants (Apply by July 6th) (Habryka)
   3. Successif: helping mid-career and senior professionals have impactful careers (ClaireB)
2. Resources
   1. I made a news site based on prediction markets (vandemonian, 5 min)
   2. AISafety.info "How can I help?" FAQ (StevenKaas)
   3. US Policy Career Resources and Advice for Undergraduates Interested in US Policy (US Policy Careers)
3. Updates and retrospectives
   1. Abolishing factory farming in Switzerland: Postmortem (naoki, Philipp Ryf)
   2. ALTER Israel - 2023 Mid-Year Update (Davidmanheim)
   3. Lincoln Quirk has joined the EV UK board (Howie_Lempel)

Classic Forum post:

• Contra Ari Ne'eman On Effective Altruism (ozymandias, 8 min)