Why GiveWell should use complete uncertainty quantification
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GiveWell is a charity evaluator which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars annually to charities it estimates to be highly cost effective. It regularly publishes a quantitative cost effectiveness model, which is an influential input into its decision-making. In 2022, GiveWell launched the Change Our Minds contest, intended to incentivize interested researchers to publish critiques of the cost effectiveness model. This blogpost is inspired by
Why GiveWell should use complete uncertainty quantification
Why GiveWell should use complete uncertainty…
Why GiveWell should use complete uncertainty quantification
GiveWell is a charity evaluator which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars annually to charities it estimates to be highly cost effective. It regularly publishes a quantitative cost effectiveness model, which is an influential input into its decision-making. In 2022, GiveWell launched the Change Our Minds contest, intended to incentivize interested researchers to publish critiques of the cost effectiveness model. This blogpost is inspired by