Michael St Jules 🔸

karma rank #14 · 12,833 karma · 9 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

moral circle values 5.0 +2.8σ
animal welfare 4.1 +2.7σ
prioritization 3.9 +0.6σ
ea meta 2.6 -1.5σ
Show all 15 cause areas
effective giving 2.3 -0.1σ
global health 1.8 +0.4σ
rationalist meta 1.4 -0.1σ
longtermism xrisk 0.8 -0.8σ
mental health 0.4 -0.1σ
climate 0.3 +0.8σ
forecasting epistemics 0.3 -0.9σ
ai safety 0.1 -0.9σ
ai governance 0.0 -0.7σ
biosecurity 0.0 -0.8σ
nuclear great power 0.0 -0.6σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ stance_animal_moral_status +3.1σ
▲ stance_welfarist_vs_rights +2.9σ
▲ cause_moral_circle_values +2.8σ
▼ quality_clarity -2.1σ
▼ cause_ea_meta -1.5σ

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

quantitative 4.6 +0.4σ
empirical 4.3 +0.4σ
philosophical 6.2 +1.9σ
speculative 4.9 +0.7σ
operational howto 3.8 -0.7σ
critical contrarian 5.2 +1.1σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 1.3 -1.4σ
synthesizing 6.1 +0.7σ
question asking 2.7 -0.1σ

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

inside ea 7.3 -0.6σ
animal moral status 7.2 +3.1σ
welfarist vs rights 7.0 +2.9σ
Show all 9 stance dims
suffering focused 6.2 +2.2σ
ea org coded 5.8 -1.2σ
longtermist framing 4.6 -0.9σ
optimism ea institutions 5.4 -0.6σ
rationalist coded 4.9 -0.3σ
ai doom axis 5.0 -0.6σ

Tone

combativeness 1.7 -0.2σ
calibration 6.7 +0.4σ
jargon 6.2 +1.5σ
humility 5.9 +0.0σ

Quality

rigor 6.9 +0.6σ
originality 6.7 +1.1σ
clarity 7.4 -2.1σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Vasco Grilo🔸

Foil: Habryka [Deactivated]

Most characteristic post

Do Brains Contain Many Conscious Subsystems? If So, Should We Act Differently?

baseScore: 99

Key Takeaways - The Conscious Subsystems Hypothesis (“Conscious Subsystems,” for short) says that brains have subsystems that realize phenomenally conscious states that aren’t accessible to the subjects we typically associate with those brains—namely, the ones who report their experiences to us. - Given that humans’ brains are likely to support more such subsystems than animals’ brains, EAs who have explored Conscious Subsystems have suggested that it provides a reason for ri…

Highest-karma post in sample

Do Brains Contain Many Conscious Subsystems? If So, Should We Act Differently?

baseScore: 99