MichaelA🔸

karma rank #15 · 12,704 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

ea meta 5.4 -0.0σ
forecasting epistemics 3.7 +1.1σ
nuclear great power 3.6 +4.3σ
longtermism xrisk 3.6 +0.6σ
Show all 15 cause areas
prioritization 3.0 +0.0σ
effective giving 2.0 -0.3σ
rationalist meta 1.6 +0.1σ
ai safety 0.8 -0.4σ
ai governance 0.7 -0.1σ
biosecurity 0.4 -0.1σ
global health 0.3 -0.7σ
animal welfare 0.2 -0.5σ
moral circle values 0.2 -0.9σ
mental health 0.0 -0.4σ
climate 0.0 -0.7σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ cause_nuclear_great_power +4.3σ
▲ tone_humility +1.4σ
▲ cause_forecasting_epistemics +1.1σ
▼ style_critical_contrarian -1.4σ
▼ tone_combativeness -1.2σ

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

quantitative 2.8 -0.8σ
empirical 3.0 -0.4σ
philosophical 2.7 -0.8σ
speculative 4.0 -0.1σ
operational howto 5.6 +0.9σ
critical contrarian 2.0 -1.4σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 2.9 +0.6σ
synthesizing 4.8 -0.4σ
question asking 3.4 +0.6σ

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

inside ea 8.4 +0.7σ
ea org coded 7.0 +0.3σ
longtermist framing 6.6 +0.6σ
Show all 9 stance dims
optimism ea institutions 6.5 +0.8σ
rationalist coded 5.4 +0.2σ
ai doom axis 5.2 -0.2σ
animal moral status 5.2 -0.4σ
suffering focused 4.9 -0.5σ
welfarist vs rights 5.0 -0.7σ

Tone

combativeness 1.1 -1.2σ
calibration 6.9 +0.6σ
jargon 5.5 +0.6σ
humility 6.7 +1.4σ

Quality

rigor 5.9 -0.3σ
originality 4.9 -0.4σ
clarity 8.3 +0.6σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Geoffrey Miller

Foil: Michael St Jules 🔸

Most characteristic post

Research project idea: Technological developments that could increase risks from nuclear weapons

baseScore: 17

This post is part of a series of rough posts on nuclear risk research ideas. I strongly recommend that, before you read this post, you read the series’ summary & introduction post for context, caveats, and to see the list of other ideas. One caveat that’s especially worth flagging here is that I drafted this in late 2021 and haven’t updated it much since. I’m grateful to Will Aldred for help with this series.  One reason I'm publishing this now is to serve as one menu of rese…

Highest-karma post in sample

EA Infrastructure Fund: May–August 2021 grant recommendations

baseScore: 85