Epistemic status - statistically verified.

I'm writing this post to draw peoples' attention to a new cause area proposal - haircuts for alignment researchers.

Aside from the obvious benefits implied by the graph (i.e. haircuts having the potential to directly improve organizational stability), this would represent possibly the only pre-singularity opportunity we'll have to found an org named "Clippy".

I await further investment.

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First published:
April 1st, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/txGEYTk6WAAyyvefn/new-cause-area-proposal

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“New Cause Area Proposal” by CallumMcDougall

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