Big announcement: 3 new cause-specific teams!
03 February 2023
💥 All three new cause-specific teams are launching their first main events! You can join the chats linked on the pages below to stay up to date with teams you're interested in, after which we'll keep most team-specific announcements in these chats.
🌱 Alternative Protein Team: eliminate factory farming by researching alternative sources of protein
February 8: After "The End of Meat" lunch lecture in collaboration with Studium Generale and VSA Eindhoven, there will be an after program from 13:30 - 15:15 in Auditorium room 15 (no sign-up necessary, but the calendar event is in our Google Calendar) with an extended Q&A and discussion about the most impactful things students and faculty at this university can do to tackle animal suffering.
This includes the launch of the Eindhoven Alternative Protein Team, a new student initiative at TU/e that seeks to help enable this goal. There will also be a dinner where you can more informally discuss these topics and taste the Impossible Burger!
All 3 events can be joined separately, but for people already interested in effective altruism, the after program with the launch of the Alt Protein Team is our opinion the most relevant!
🔮 Forecasting Team: improve your judgment and model of the world by predicting the future
February 10 at 10:00, the first forecasting session will take place. Join the chat to participate. Open to beginners: Anyone can join a session to see if they find it interesting!
🤖 AI Safety Team: prevent advanced AI systems from derailing humanity's future
February 17: Deadline for the AGI Safety Fundamentals sign-up, a facilitated introductory program to AI Safety, and the alignment problem that will kick off in the first half of Q3. Groups will be launched on a rolling basis with enough applications. There is also a hackathon in the works; more info on that later. The earlier you apply, the higher the chances we can secure a place for you in one of the groups!