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Samrin Saleem

26 karmaJoined Seeking workUnited Arab Emirates
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BiosecurityGlobal priorities researchLong-term futureAI safetyPolicyImproving institutional decision-makingDecision theoryPsychologyCommunityBuilding effective altruismClimate risk skepticism

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I'm a community builder in the Middle East, freshly graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Psychology. I'm primarily interested in improving institutional decision making, as well as AI alignment and safety.

How others can help me

1. Share opportunities to get involved in research on decision making

2. Talk about or direct me to resources on improving institutional decision making 

3. Share their insights from community building

How I can help others

1. I have experience with posting on the forum, and conducting EA focused research. 

2. I can provide advice on how to write better. 

3. I can provide insights from community building (organising events, running fellowships, managing groups, etc)

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If there were another discussion week, what would you like it to be on and when?
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Decision making is a personal favorite cause area of mine and I'd like to see a lot more discussion around it than there is right now, especially because it seems to hold immense potential.

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If there were another discussion week, what would you like it to be on and when?
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Decision making is a personal favorite cause are of mine and I'd like to see a lot more discussion around it than there is right now, especially because it seems to hold immense potential.

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Be Proud To Be An Effective Altruist
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I agree that most criticism of EA as a movement/philosophy are often baseless, but recently I've begun to lose faith in the community as an EA myself. What are your thoughts on criticisms of EAs rather than EA?

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On Estimates of how much Zakat there is
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This is a great idea Kaleem and addressing a gap that I've been looking at solutions for! 
Beyond the issue of figuring out the market cap, what are your next steps? I'd be interested in seeing Zakat be redirected to effective charities while meeting the requirements for recipients. 
I'd love to see this happen! What sort of help would you be looking for?

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Seeking suggested readings & videos for a new course on 'AI and Psychology'
Samrin Saleem2
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This sounds very interesting and closely aligns with my personal long-term career goals. Would the seminar content will be made available online for those looking to complete the course remotely or is this purely in-person?

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EA Forum feature suggestion thread
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Hi JP, 

In recent days I've come to think I would appreciate being able to sort the posts I have saved for later (by date posted, time to read, karma, tags, etc). Is this possible?

Thanks!

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Join ASAP (AI Safety Accountability Programme)
Samrin Saleem2
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I'm very interested in joining, thank you for making the group!

The link no longer seems to be active though

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The Threat of Climate Change Is Exaggerated
Samrin Saleem1
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Yes, that is what I meant to say. The paper I've cited is in the references at the end if you're interested in looking into it.

Thank you for taking the time out to comment :)

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The Threat of Climate Change Is Exaggerated
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I have no background in economics, so these insights are extremely valuable to me. Thank you for taking the time out to comment :)

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The Threat of Climate Change Is Exaggerated
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Thank you for taking the time out to comment :)

My intention was to evaluate climate change as an x-risk, but I see what you mean about it being much more than that. I think the essay will benefit from additional comments on instead treating it as a current issue.

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