Geoffrey Miller

karma rank #29 · 8,997 karma · 9 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

ea meta 4.3 -0.6σ
longtermism xrisk 3.0 +0.3σ
moral circle values 2.0 +0.5σ
ai safety 1.6 +0.1σ
Show all 15 cause areas
forecasting epistemics 1.6 -0.2σ
rationalist meta 1.4 -0.1σ
prioritization 1.2 -1.1σ
ai governance 1.1 +0.2σ
nuclear great power 0.6 +0.2σ
mental health 0.4 -0.1σ
global health 0.2 -0.7σ
effective giving 0.2 -1.5σ
animal welfare 0.0 -0.7σ
biosecurity 0.0 -0.8σ
climate 0.0 -0.7σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ style_question_asking +3.0σ
▲ style_personal_narrative +1.9σ
▲ quality_clarity +1.1σ
▼ stance_ea_org_coded -1.8σ
▼ cause_effective_giving -1.5σ

Style quantitative / empirical / philosophical / speculative / operational / contrarian

quantitative 2.8 -0.8σ
empirical 3.3 -0.2σ
philosophical 4.0 +0.2σ
speculative 4.7 +0.5σ
operational howto 3.3 -1.0σ
critical contrarian 3.2 -0.4σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 3.9 +1.9σ
synthesizing 4.1 -1.0σ
question asking 6.1 +3.0σ

Stance signature top 3 stance dims furthest from neutral (5)

inside ea 7.0 -1.0σ
longtermist framing 6.4 +0.5σ
rationalist coded 5.6 +0.3σ
Show all 9 stance dims
optimism ea institutions 5.3 -0.7σ
ea org coded 5.2 -1.8σ
suffering focused 4.8 -0.8σ
ai doom axis 5.1 -0.4σ
animal moral status 5.0 -0.7σ
welfarist vs rights 5.0 -0.7σ

Tone

combativeness 1.4 -0.6σ
calibration 6.8 +0.5σ
jargon 4.8 -0.3σ
humility 6.3 +0.8σ

Quality

rigor 5.1 -1.0σ
originality 5.7 +0.2σ
clarity 8.4 +1.1σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Ozzie Gooen

Foil: Joey🔸

Most characteristic post

X-risks of SETI and METI?

baseScore: 18

A NY Times science journalist asked me whether there are any good papers, blogs, talks, etc from EA people on possible X-risks from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) or active Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). They're interested in doing a feature piece on this. Any suggestions? I wrote a bit about this in a recent paper (https://www.primalpoly.com/s/Todd-Millerevpsych-of-ETIBioTheory2017.pdf), but haven't kept up on EA writings about possib…

Highest-karma post in sample

Teaching EA through superhero thought experiments

baseScore: 93