Effective Altruism Philippines

To the EA community, you may still get updates from EA Philippines through our other official social media accounts: Instagram: instagram.com/eaphilippines/ Facebook: facebook.com/EffectiveAltru… LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/effect… See you all there! #effectivealtruism

Monitoring the alternative protein landscape in Asia and the Pacific (APAC) has a lasting impact on the region's environmental, health, and animal protection efforts. The Good Food Institute outlines steps on how the APAC can maximize such growth. gfi-apac.org/the-state-of-a…

Having foundational knowledge of AI is crucial to understanding the risks of AI in our daily lives. Google DeepMind and the Raspberry Pi Foundation develop the Experience AI program, a free learning resource aimed at building people's awareness on AI. deepmind.google/discover/blog/…

The mitigation of technologies, policies, and communities enable a greener transition to reduce the effects of climate change. Giving Green features high-impact nonprofits that use evidence-based strategies for advancing long-term climate action. forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qpqwvatK…

Various countries, leading tech companies, and other stakeholders emphasize the impact of addressing AI risks. The Council on Strategic Risks highlights the summit's concern with bio-AI risk and the effect of AI on public health systems. councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/06/the…

GiveWell's approach on funding for cost-effective interventions considers how additional funds for such programs can impact more people in the future. To know this, GiveWell evaluates and scopes countries or regions where a program would take place. blog.givewell.org/2023/11/09/how…

EA Philippines held their Komunidad event for November last Saturday at the Bayanihan Cafe. For our last Komunidad for the year, we held a celebration for EA Philippines 5th founding anniversary and a post-EAGxPhilippines hangout session.

Increasing evidence-based interventions is important to help solve global development concerns. Innovations for Poverty Action outlines the various-ways of emerging large-scale approaches in improving well-being. poverty-action.org/introducing-be…

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience seeks to mitigate the risk of misusing AI in biotechnology. They provided a risk chain analysis where it visualizes AI-enabled biological tools that pose risks at various phases of biological weapon development. longtermresilience.org/post/report-la…

@OpenAI have voluntarily committed to responding and anticipating current and imminent AI risks by working towards AI safety. A framework for Risk-Informed Development Policy is being formulated to effectively track and evaluate a wide range of AI risks. openai.com/blog/frontier-…

Almost a month has passed since EAGxPhilippines took place in Manila, where we welcomed EA community members and organizations from around the world. Check out the highlights video to see what transpired during the conference. #EAGxPhilippines youtube.com/watch?v=qaF6k8…

@GoodFoodInst explains how alternative seafood is positioned as an essential key for meeting increased seafood demand while also achieving environmental, technical, and market advantages in the alternative protein field. gfi.org/blog/the-essen…

@AnimalCharityEv makes research one of their driving forces to advocate for animals. The impact of animal advocacy research can be seen from strategizing interventions to analyzing emerging challenges affecting animal welfare. animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/advocacy-…

On another side of the world, progress is also being made by various EA communities and organizations in East Asia and Southeast Asia. This is a compilation of organizations and projects aligned/adjacent with the effective altruism movement. forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/NrqGyXzv…

#EAGxPhilippines took place last October where it hosted around 200 attendees from all over the world and featured talks on various cause areas by experts in their respective industries. We are grateful for the support from our attendees, and once again, we wish you Mabuhay! ☀️

High Impact Engineers discusses various ways that engineers can take to address nuclear risks including analyzing satellite data and trade, designing monitoring systems, and developing modeling tools. highimpactengineers.org/how-engineers-…

The CATF outlines the impact of carbon management efforts to limit global warming and make progress toward climate targets. It is becoming increasingly significant to deploy safe carbon management technology due to the worsening risks of climate change. catf.us/2023/10/how-th…

When evaluating health policies, the influence of those not part of the targeted population is also important to consider. @JPAL calls for insights from spillover effects of interventions to improve evidence-gathering practices. povertyactionlab.org/blog/10-10-23/…

HAPPENING NOW: Closing session featuring Nguyên Tran and Elmerei Cuevas #EAGxPhilippines

HAPPENING NOW: Stuck in the Middle with AI #EAGxPhilippines

HAPPENING NOW: Meet-up: Executive Assistants and Personal Asssistants #EAGxPhilippines