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Background reference on the EA Global conference series, useful for understanding community coordination infrastructure around AI safety and existential risk, though not a primary technical or policy resource.
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Wikipedia article covering Effective Altruism Global, the flagship conference series organized by the Centre for Effective Altruism. The conferences bring together researchers, practitioners, and donors focused on high-impact cause areas including AI safety and existential risk. EAG serves as a key networking and coordination hub for the EA and AI safety communities.
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- •EAG is an annual conference series organized by the Centre for Effective Altruism, held in multiple cities including San Francisco, London, and Boston.
- •The conferences focus on high-impact cause areas such as AI safety, global health, biosecurity, and existential risk reduction.
- •EAG serves as a major coordination and networking event for researchers and practitioners in the AI safety and EA communities.
- •Attendance is application-based, targeting those already engaged with effective altruism principles rather than general public outreach.
- •The event has grown significantly since its founding, reflecting the broader growth of the EA and AI safety movements.
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Crowd at the EA Global: London event in 2023
Effective Altruism Global , abbreviated EA Global or EAG , is a series of annual philanthropy events that focus on the effective altruism movement. [ 1 ] They are organised by the Centre for Effective Altruism . [ 2 ]
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This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( September 2024 )
The first Effective Altruism Summit was hosted in 2013. [ 3 ] [ better source needed ]
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. [ 4 ]
Panel with Nick Bostrom , Elon Musk , Nate Soares, and Stuart Russell during EA Global 2015
One of the key events of the Google conference was a moderated panel on existential risk from artificial general intelligence . [ 5 ] Panel member Stuart Russell stated that AI research should be about "building intelligent systems that benefit the human race". [ 4 ] Vox writer Dylan Matthews , 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 . [ 6 ]
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^ "Centre for Effective Altruism Announces Lineup for Effective Altruism Global 2015" . Pitchengine . Centre for Effective Altruism. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016 . Retrieved 4 April 2016 .
^ "EA Global" . EA Global . Centre for Effective Altruism . Retrieved 4 Feb 2022 .
^ Tallinn, Jaan (2013-11-13). "Jaan Tallinn's Keynote - Effective Altruism Summit 2013" . Exponential Times . Archived from the original on 2019-08-16 . Retrieved 2022-11-25 .
^ a b Guan, Melody Y. (August 3, 2015). "Elon Musk, Superintelligence, and Maximizing Social Good: A Weekend at History's Largest Gathering of "Effective Altruists" " . Huffington Post . Retrieved 4 April 2016 .
^ Townsend, Tess (August 3, 2015). "Elon Musk: AI Is Going to Happen. Let's Prepare For It" . Inc. Maga
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