Barry_Cotter comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong

63 Post author: lukeprog 18 January 2012 10:30PM

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Comment author: Barry_Cotter 19 January 2012 01:35:38AM 1 point [-]

I feel like I've heard this claimed, too, but... where? I can't find it.

Neither can I but IIRC Anna Salamon did an EU calculation which came up with eight lives saved per dollar donated, no doubt impressively caveated and with error bars aplenty.

Comment author: lukeprog 19 January 2012 01:52:57AM 4 points [-]

I think you're talking about this video. Without watching it again, I can't remember if Anna says that SI donation could buy something like eight lives per dollar, or whether donation to x-risk reduction in general could buy something like eight lives per dollar.