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When development constricts our moral circle

While we often assume that growing up makes us more morally inclusive, our research suggests that young children may start out with broader concern—and…

May 31 •

December 2024

Physical and audiobook versions of Effective Altruism and the Human Mind

Physical copies of Effective Altruism and the Human Mind are now available for purchase.

Published on Stefan’s Substack • Dec 24, 2024

July 2024

Can AI persuade us that it deserves moral concern?

In an online study (N = 400 nationally representative US participants), we investigated how much moral concern people grant to digital beings and…

Jul 29, 2024 •

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How do AI welfare and AI safety interact?

I examine how efforts to ensure that advanced AIs are safe and controlled may interact with efforts to ensure the welfare of potential future AIs with…

Jul 12, 2024 •

June 2024

Will we go to war over AI rights?

The stakes are huge, the scope of the disagreement is large, and strong psychological forces will pull people in opposite directions. These are…

Jun 30, 2024 •

AI rights will divide us

Digital sentience is on the horizon, bringing with it an inevitable debate and significant risks. People will disagree on whether AIs are sentient and…

Jun 24, 2024 •

The social disincentives of warning about unlikely risks

If you knew about a potential large-scale risk that, although unlikely, could kill millions, would you warn society about it? In a series of…

Jun 17, 2024 •

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