Austin has set up a really great atmosphere here at Mox, and was welcoming and helpful every time I visited.

I would suggest reaching out to Andrej Karpathy: https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/finding-the-best-sleep-tracker/

The world needs great AGI documentaries, good luck!

I've provided some seed funding for this (outside of Manifund). We really need broad public communication on AI risk to get it further up the political agenda. Something like Seaspiracy -- where they go down the rabbit hole -- but for AI, would be amazing.

Our Meetup Made Impact!

We held our meetup on Saturday, 22nd March, 2025 in Abuja Nigeria which brought 28 attendees comprising of existing community members and mostly those who are new to Effective Altruism. The meetup featured group discussion sessions on Effective Altruism, presentations and networking session.

Feedback from participants showed
a) Attendees rated their overall experience highly, with an average of 9.07/10
b) They were very likely to recommend the event, with an average of 9.5/10.
c) The average value of the connections made during the meetup was 8.62/10.
d) 11 out of 13 attendees said that the meetup made them reconsider their career path towards a high-impact career.

We also shared shared opportunities to take action with attendees such as the Intro Fellowship program with new members, resources from the EA forum and aligned organisations such as 80,000 hours, and are currently in the process of onboarding 2 of them who have met the criteria for joining our community here in Nigeria.

A total expenses of $376.9 was used for the meetup, kindly find the breakdown below:
- Meeting hall for meetup - 129.3
- Snacks, drinks and water - 92.5
- Transportation/venue logistics - 11.8
- Food takeout packs - 4.1
- Transportation reimbursement to 20 attendees - 124.9
- Miscellaneous - 14.4

We now have a balance of $970.7

Our community members from other cities have shown interest in having a meetup as well and given the potential impact meetups like this have, we have decided to have meetups in 3 more cities ( Lagos, Kano and Bauchi) between the months of April and May, 2025 which would serve as a tool for outreach; introducing Effective Altruism to those who have the potential to make an impact, while providing an avenue for EA inclination and networking opportunities for existing community members.

Here is a LinkedIn post on the meetup: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/effective-altruism-nigeria_eanigeria-eacommunitymeetup-abuja-activity-7309865291306483712-nbCa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAADTA_HkB5BnjBtsjBpan99GAyAEuXWYCsyY

Thank you once again for your support.

Thank you @Austin for the vote of confidence and for giving the green light!

Thank you @NeelNanda for making it possible for me to get started!

I believe this kind of truly entry level broadcast communication on AI risks is key to clueing the public, who already don’t want to take the massive risks that AI companies are taking, into what’s really going on.

Approving this small grant towards translating EA concepts and utilitarian thinking to new audiences.

Approving this project -- my understanding is that Control is becoming an important new agenda, and I'm heartened to see this donation following AISTOF's initial seed funding. Curious if @RyanKidd has any more to share about what motivated him to make this grant?

Approving this grant to support independent work by Tyler John. I've chatted with Neel about the context behind this, and agree that it's reasonable to keep some details private around what Tyler is hoping to do.

I also think from an outside view, Tyler's past work at Longview means that we should be happy to fund some experimentation for him. I think it's a shame that nonprofit work typically does not pay well enough for even successful employees to take risks in their career, and hope that regranting can be one solution to this.

Finally, on the object level, I'd be excited by the prospect of a large biosecurity prize; I think prizes are still undersupplied as a means of facilitating great work. (I also wish someone would credibly try to manifest a large yearly AI safety prize -- if that is you, reach out!)

Approving this grant as a low-budget way to enable Matthew to attend this Tokyo conference and share his work.

@matiroy Thanks Mati!

Thanks! Grateful for both your donation, and your membership. One of the best things about Mox is just being able to bump into @saulmunn (and people like him) all the time~

My reasons for donating, in order of strength:

• Austin should be funded to do the things he thinks are good

• W/o deferring, having a coworking space for serious, sincere, altruistic folks in SF seems good (though I could definitely be convinced that it's not worth the time/effort/expense); Mox currently seems on-track to be best-in-class for this

My reasons for sizing my donation ($100): I currently pay $280/month in membership fees to cowork out of Mox. I see that as payment for services, distinct from a donation. My donation of $100 is a credible signal of my belief that this deserves some attention from folks who could give a lot more money, where merely saying that fact might be insufficient evidence.

Description of subprojects and results, including major changes from the original proposal

We completed the three major aims of this project as described in the original proposal:

1. Gather real-world data on the impact of our training on clinical practice and the number of beneficiaries reached by our training,

2. Feed those data into an improved cost-effectiveness model that links our program outputs (number of health workers trained) to outcomes (effect on clinical practice and number of beneficiaries reached) and impacts (number of deaths averted by the training).

3. Hire a stakeholder engagement lead in Nigeria who will help us to navigate the bureaucratic approvals and barriers that we need to clear in order to effectively scale up our work.

A more detailed update on this evaluation work can be found here.

There were no major changes from the proposed plan.

We completed an recent evaluation of the HealthLearn Newborn Care Foundations course, which showed significant improvements in birth attendants’ clinical practices and key birth outcomes. Early initiation of breastfeeding, strongly linked to reduced newborn mortality, improved significantly in the evaluation.

After applying large (>10X) discounts, we estimate the course is ~24 times more cost-effective than GiveWell’s cash transfer benchmark. We are uncertain about the precise magnitude of impact, but a sensitivity analysis suggests that the program is cost-effective under a wide range of plausible scenarios.

Our already-low unit costs should decline as we scale up. This is likely to increase or at least maintain the program’s cost-effectiveness, even if the impact per trainee is lower than our current point estimate. We also earn revenue by hosting courses for another NGO, which covers a portion of our core team costs and increases cost-effectiveness per philanthropic dollar spent.

We have identified key uncertainties in evidence strength, sustainability of clinical practice change, and intervention reach. We plan to improve our monitoring and evaluation to assess these uncertainties and develop more precise estimates of impact per trainee. We will continue our work to improve and scale up the Newborn Care Foundations course, while also developing new courses addressing other gaps in clinical practices where impactful interventions are needed.

It's very little money, but symbolic. I think it's very important and you seem to be doing solid (and very neglected) work! I hope I can support more in the future!

I watched the preview in Berlin and want the full version to be seen by the world! #thenexthamilton

I’ve seen the musical and was really impressed what they managed to put on stage. And furthermore to address a totally new and important topic putting it into an entertaining form so a lot of people might have an easier access to it.

I've seen the screening in the Bay... Now I want to see you live! That was awesome! I'm a fan

Austin has set up a really great atmosphere here at Mox, and was welcoming and helpful every time I visited.

I would suggest reaching out to Andrej Karpathy: https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/finding-the-best-sleep-tracker/

The world needs great AGI documentaries, good luck!

I've provided some seed funding for this (outside of Manifund). We really need broad public communication on AI risk to get it further up the political agenda. Something like Seaspiracy -- where they go down the rabbit hole -- but for AI, would be amazing.

Our Meetup Made Impact!

We held our meetup on Saturday, 22nd March, 2025 in Abuja Nigeria which brought 28 attendees comprising of existing community members and mostly those who are new to Effective Altruism. The meetup featured group discussion sessions on Effective Altruism, presentations and networking session.

Feedback from participants showed
a) Attendees rated their overall experience highly, with an average of 9.07/10
b) They were very likely to recommend the event, with an average of 9.5/10.
c) The average value of the connections made during the meetup was 8.62/10.
d) 11 out of 13 attendees said that the meetup made them reconsider their career path towards a high-impact career.

We also shared shared opportunities to take action with attendees such as the Intro Fellowship program with new members, resources from the EA forum and aligned organisations such as 80,000 hours, and are currently in the process of onboarding 2 of them who have met the criteria for joining our community here in Nigeria.

A total expenses of $376.9 was used for the meetup, kindly find the breakdown below:
- Meeting hall for meetup - 129.3
- Snacks, drinks and water - 92.5
- Transportation/venue logistics - 11.8
- Food takeout packs - 4.1
- Transportation reimbursement to 20 attendees - 124.9
- Miscellaneous - 14.4

We now have a balance of $970.7

Our community members from other cities have shown interest in having a meetup as well and given the potential impact meetups like this have, we have decided to have meetups in 3 more cities ( Lagos, Kano and Bauchi) between the months of April and May, 2025 which would serve as a tool for outreach; introducing Effective Altruism to those who have the potential to make an impact, while providing an avenue for EA inclination and networking opportunities for existing community members.

Here is a LinkedIn post on the meetup: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/effective-altruism-nigeria_eanigeria-eacommunitymeetup-abuja-activity-7309865291306483712-nbCa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAADTA_HkB5BnjBtsjBpan99GAyAEuXWYCsyY

Thank you once again for your support.

Thank you @Austin for the vote of confidence and for giving the green light!

Thank you @NeelNanda for making it possible for me to get started!

I believe this kind of truly entry level broadcast communication on AI risks is key to clueing the public, who already don’t want to take the massive risks that AI companies are taking, into what’s really going on.

Approving this small grant towards translating EA concepts and utilitarian thinking to new audiences.

Approving this project -- my understanding is that Control is becoming an important new agenda, and I'm heartened to see this donation following AISTOF's initial seed funding. Curious if @RyanKidd has any more to share about what motivated him to make this grant?

Approving this grant to support independent work by Tyler John. I've chatted with Neel about the context behind this, and agree that it's reasonable to keep some details private around what Tyler is hoping to do.

I also think from an outside view, Tyler's past work at Longview means that we should be happy to fund some experimentation for him. I think it's a shame that nonprofit work typically does not pay well enough for even successful employees to take risks in their career, and hope that regranting can be one solution to this.

Finally, on the object level, I'd be excited by the prospect of a large biosecurity prize; I think prizes are still undersupplied as a means of facilitating great work. (I also wish someone would credibly try to manifest a large yearly AI safety prize -- if that is you, reach out!)

Approving this grant as a low-budget way to enable Matthew to attend this Tokyo conference and share his work.

@matiroy Thanks Mati!

Thanks! Grateful for both your donation, and your membership. One of the best things about Mox is just being able to bump into @saulmunn (and people like him) all the time~

My reasons for donating, in order of strength:

• Austin should be funded to do the things he thinks are good

• W/o deferring, having a coworking space for serious, sincere, altruistic folks in SF seems good (though I could definitely be convinced that it's not worth the time/effort/expense); Mox currently seems on-track to be best-in-class for this

My reasons for sizing my donation ($100): I currently pay $280/month in membership fees to cowork out of Mox. I see that as payment for services, distinct from a donation. My donation of $100 is a credible signal of my belief that this deserves some attention from folks who could give a lot more money, where merely saying that fact might be insufficient evidence.

Description of subprojects and results, including major changes from the original proposal

We completed the three major aims of this project as described in the original proposal:

1. Gather real-world data on the impact of our training on clinical practice and the number of beneficiaries reached by our training,

2. Feed those data into an improved cost-effectiveness model that links our program outputs (number of health workers trained) to outcomes (effect on clinical practice and number of beneficiaries reached) and impacts (number of deaths averted by the training).

3. Hire a stakeholder engagement lead in Nigeria who will help us to navigate the bureaucratic approvals and barriers that we need to clear in order to effectively scale up our work.

A more detailed update on this evaluation work can be found here.

There were no major changes from the proposed plan.

We completed an recent evaluation of the HealthLearn Newborn Care Foundations course, which showed significant improvements in birth attendants’ clinical practices and key birth outcomes. Early initiation of breastfeeding, strongly linked to reduced newborn mortality, improved significantly in the evaluation.

After applying large (>10X) discounts, we estimate the course is ~24 times more cost-effective than GiveWell’s cash transfer benchmark. We are uncertain about the precise magnitude of impact, but a sensitivity analysis suggests that the program is cost-effective under a wide range of plausible scenarios.

Our already-low unit costs should decline as we scale up. This is likely to increase or at least maintain the program’s cost-effectiveness, even if the impact per trainee is lower than our current point estimate. We also earn revenue by hosting courses for another NGO, which covers a portion of our core team costs and increases cost-effectiveness per philanthropic dollar spent.

We have identified key uncertainties in evidence strength, sustainability of clinical practice change, and intervention reach. We plan to improve our monitoring and evaluation to assess these uncertainties and develop more precise estimates of impact per trainee. We will continue our work to improve and scale up the Newborn Care Foundations course, while also developing new courses addressing other gaps in clinical practices where impactful interventions are needed.

It's very little money, but symbolic. I think it's very important and you seem to be doing solid (and very neglected) work! I hope I can support more in the future!

I watched the preview in Berlin and want the full version to be seen by the world! #thenexthamilton

I’ve seen the musical and was really impressed what they managed to put on stage. And furthermore to address a totally new and important topic putting it into an entertaining form so a lot of people might have an easier access to it.

I've seen the screening in the Bay... Now I want to see you live! That was awesome! I'm a fan