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Effective Altruism Global, abbreviated EA Global or EAG, is a series of
One of the key events of the Google conference was a moderated panel on existential risk from artificial general intelligence. Panel member Stuart Russell stated that AI research should be about "building intelligent systems that benefit the human race". ''Vox'' writer
Effective Altruism Global, abbreviated EA Global or EAG, is a series of philanthropy
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
conferences that focuses on the effective altruism
Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis". People who pursue the goals of effective altruism, c ...
movement. The conferences are run by the Centre for Effective Altruism. ''Huffington Post
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'' editor Nico Pitney Nico Pitney (born 1981) is an American journalist, editor and media executive who has helped lead several prominent left-leaning media outlets, including ''HuffPost'' and ''NowThis.''
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described the events as a gathering of "nerd altruists", which was "heavy on people from technology, science, and analytical disciplines".
History
The first Effective Altruism Summit was hosted in 2013. In 2015, there were three main EA Global events. The largest was a three-day conference that took place on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, with speakers including entrepreneur Elon Musk, computer scientist Stuart J. Russell, and Oxford philosophy professor William MacAskill. There were also conferences in Oxford and Melbourne. According to MacAskill, the nature of the conferences improved coordination and ideological diversity within effective altruism. Talks included subjects such as global poverty, animal advocacy, cause prioritization research, and policy change. There were also workshops on career choice, Q&A sessions, and panels on running local effective altruism chapters.
One of the key events of the Google conference was a moderated panel on existential risk from artificial general intelligence. Panel member Stuart Russell stated that AI research should be about "building intelligent systems that benefit the human race". ''Vox'' writer Dylan Matthews
Dylan Matthews is an American journalist. He is currently a correspondent for ''Vox (website), Vox'', an online media venture.
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Early writing
In 2004, at the age of 14, Matthews launched a personal blog on politics and other is ...
, while praising some aspects of the conference, criticized its perceived focus on existential risk, potentially at the expense of more mainstream causes like fighting extreme poverty
Extreme poverty, deep poverty, abject poverty, absolute poverty, destitution, or penury, is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, includi ...
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Since 2016, conferences have taken place at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, The Palace of Fine Arts, Imperial College London and other venues in Boston, Berkeley, San Francisco and London. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no events were held in 2020; instead, a number of virtual conferences and virtual programs were offered. Activity resumed in late October 2021, with an event held at The Brewery in London. Three EA Global events are planned for 2022.
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* {{Effective altruism Annual events in the United States Philanthropy Altruism Centre for Effective Altruism