Effective Altruists of Berkeley
Research·Community Service/Nonprofit·Political Advocacy Groups·Education
EA Berkeley is a local chapter of the global effective altruism movement, a research field and philosophical community focused on maximizing the good you can do with your time, work, and resources. Members attend weekly Sunday meetings, join 10-week fellowships with 1.5 hours of reading and 1.5 hours of group discussion per week, and work on projects in areas like global health, animal welfare, and AI safety. Cause-specific advanced fellowships are also available.
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Weekly time commitment, fellowship (hours)
10
Fellowship length (weeks)
1
Weekly meeting
Events They Host
Weekly General Meetings
Sundays at 5 PM, Social Sciences 104. Open to all interested students.
Mini-Elk Contest
A past contest where participants proposed solutions to a simplified version of the AI alignment problem of Eliciting Latent Knowledge.
Distillation Contest
A past contest where participants distilled AI alignment research, scored by five external judges working on AI safety outside of UC Berkeley.