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Donating 80% while it still counts

Posted by skybrian
Tags: artificial intelligence, author.jeff kaufman, altruism.effective, charity
https://www.jefftk.com/p/donating-80-while-it-still-counts

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Jeff Kaufman
Published
May 22 2026
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1540 words

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  1. skybrian
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    From the article: [...] The "earn to give" thing isn't an essential part of Effective Altruism, but Jeff and Julia are a fairly extreme example showing that it's not just talk.

    From the article:

    Julia and I had been giving half since 2014, but in 2025 we drew on our savings to donate 81%. It looks to us like we're in a critical window for keeping the introduction of very powerful AI systems from being disastrous, and we want to do what we can while we still can.

    [...]

    We've been prioritizing donations for a long time, but it feels very different now because of the AI boom. Some of this is that people who've made money in the boom will likely be giving more soon, and so money spent now can help set up organizations to spend future money more effectively. But more importantly, this is a key window of opportunity: transformative AI is coming very quickly, for better or worse. We want to push hard for "better".

    The "earn to give" thing isn't an essential part of Effective Altruism, but Jeff and Julia are a fairly extreme example showing that it's not just talk.

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