EA syllabi and teaching materials

Additional subject-specific reading lists (AI, bio, nuclear, climate) (2022)

@Pablo Could you also your longtermism list with the syllabus, and with the edit that the class is taught by Steve Luby and Paul Edwards jointly? Thanks and thanks for keeping this list :) .

Hauke HillebrandtNov 9 20213

GCBR reading list

Btw... this should be wiki maybe

MichaelA🔸Oct 21 20213

Thanks for this collection! I send people the link to this decently often (maybe monthly?)

One addition: I made a Collection of AI governance reading lists, syllabi, etc.

KatrinaSep 15 20222

Here is a syllabus I developed for an EA-aligned introductory research writing course, which could easily be adapted by other instructors. The course is aimed at a freshman audience (at UW Bothell) and is largely taken by first-year students fulfilling composition requirements.

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Sep 15 20221

Looks like the doc isn't publicly shared -- I get "You need access" when I try to view it.

KatrinaSep 29 20221

Thanks, Erich, I've gone ahead and changed it! Hopefully everyone can access it now!

DewiSep 26 20212

Updated link for the LSE Effective Philanthropy course: https://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar2019-2020/courseGuides/PH/2019_PH332.htm

Misha_YagudinFeb 18 20203

If MIT's alignment reading group is here, this course should also belong to the list: AGI Safety @ UC Berkley (Fall 2018).

MichaelA🔸Jul 18 20212

Thanks for making this collection! One thing I don't think has been mentioned yet is the "sample syllabus on existential risks" from the website associated with The Precipice.

This is a sample syllabus on existential risk, intended as a helpful resource for people developing courses on existential risk — in schools, universities, independent reading groups, or elsewhere. It assumes that those participating have access to The Precipice, so takes this as the central text.
The syllabus is divided into 10 topics, covering many facets of existential risk. One could remove, add, or merge topics to cater to longer or shorter course. Each topic has one or two highlighted readings (marked with an asterisk) and supplementary readings for those who wish to explore further. There are also a few key questions to guide thinking and discussion.
The syllabus is by no means comprehensive, and I’m very open to suggestions on how it could be improved or made more helpful to educators. Please send any comments to syllabus@theprecipice.com.
TOPICS
1. Foundations
2. Ethics of existential risk
3. Thinking about existential risk
4. Natural risks
5. Nuclear weapons
6. Climate change
7. Pandemics
8. Unaligned artificial intelligence
9. Political institutions
10. Macrostrategy

agdfosterNov 8 20183

This is an excellent collection - thank you!

John_MaxwellNov 19 20192

Here's another one: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8i3Wdy4FuJbSDQr5k/a-semester-long-course-in-ea

DewiSep 26 20211

AGI Safety Fundamentals curriculum, by Richard Ngo

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mTm_sT2YQx3mRXQD6J2xD2QJG1c3kHyvX8kQc_IQ0ns/edit?usp=sharing

david_reinsteinJul 2 20211

Thank you!

Other than the one from David Bernard and Matthias Endres, do you know if any of these are Economics-focused and/or involve formal maths and/or quantitative content?

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Jun 29 20211

Thanks for this resource! @velutvulpes just posted one that you may want to add: Ethics and the Future seminar at Yale.

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jun 30 20212

Just added this to save Julia some time :-)

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Jun 30 20211

Thank you!

[anonymous]Jul 15 20201

Also the EA Oxford In-Depth Fellowship

Risto UukJan 3 20191

If you were to organize an effective altruism course around William MacAskill's book Doing Good Better, what additional readings would you give to students to fill in the holes of the book?