Owen Cotton-Barratt

karma rank #21 · 10,915 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

longtermism xrisk 5.4 +1.4σ
prioritization 5.4 +1.6σ
ea meta 5.1 -0.2σ
forecasting epistemics 3.9 +1.2σ
Show all 15 cause areas
rationalist meta 2.9 +1.2σ
ai safety 2.0 +0.4σ
biosecurity 1.3 +1.4σ
moral circle values 1.3 -0.0σ
ai governance 1.0 +0.1σ
effective giving 0.9 -1.0σ
animal welfare 0.8 -0.0σ
global health 0.2 -0.8σ
nuclear great power 0.2 -0.3σ
mental health 0.0 -0.4σ
climate 0.0 -0.7σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ cause_cause_prioritization +1.6σ
▲ style_speculative +1.4σ
▲ cause_longtermism_xrisk +1.4σ
▼ style_empirical -1.1σ
▼ cause_effective_giving -1.0σ

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

quantitative 3.3 -0.5σ
empirical 1.9 -1.1σ
philosophical 5.5 +1.4σ
speculative 5.7 +1.4σ
operational howto 4.3 -0.2σ
critical contrarian 3.8 +0.0σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 2.8 +0.4σ
synthesizing 5.5 +0.2σ
question asking 3.2 +0.4σ

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

inside ea 8.1 +0.3σ
longtermist framing 7.6 +1.3σ
ea org coded 6.4 -0.4σ
Show all 9 stance dims
rationalist coded 6.3 +1.0σ
ai doom axis 5.7 +1.0σ
optimism ea institutions 5.7 -0.3σ
welfarist vs rights 5.4 +0.0σ
animal moral status 5.2 -0.4σ
suffering focused 4.9 -0.5σ

Tone

combativeness 1.4 -0.7σ
calibration 7.3 +1.0σ
jargon 5.8 +0.9σ
humility 6.4 +0.9σ

Quality

rigor 6.7 +0.5σ
originality 6.6 +1.0σ
clarity 8.2 +0.3σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Holden Karnofsky

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Most characteristic post

AI Tools for Existential Security

baseScore: 64

Rapid AI progress is the greatest driver of existential risk in the world today. But — if handled correctly — it could also empower humanity to face these challenges. Executive summary 1. Some AI applications will be powerful tools for navigating existential risks Three clusters of applications are especially promising: - Epistemic applications to help us anticipate and plan for emerging challenges- e.g. high-quality AI assistants could prevent catastrophic decisions by helpi…

Highest-karma post in sample

A statement and an apology

baseScore: 271