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# List of forecasting projects:
- Have forecasters read Toby Ord's book, and generate their own probabilities of x-risks
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- Forecast variable inputs to Trammell's model
- Forecast whether some big companies will keep to their chicken broiler / animal suffering commitments
- Forecast the value of altruistic projects; I (Nuño) have a small demo on this
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- Throw some optimization power at the Metaculus Ragnarok questions
- Look into the relationship between price or time spent and forecast accuracy
- Look into rewarding forecasters according to their Shapley values
- Predict which EA Fund applications will be funded
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- Add interesting and nontrivial markets to Augur
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- Rapid Response EA Forecasting Hotline
- Forecast incubator ideas' likelihood of success
- Create a calibration hall of fame/shame for researchers' past forecasts
- Case studies / lessons learned on forecasting
- Pay and support forecasters to make forecasts on existing platforms
- Get a visible forecasting win for EA/QURI/EpiFor
- Participate in an OSINT project
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- Suggest questions to Good Judgement Open with an altruistic bent
- Talk with CSET; they seem a little bit confused/lost
- Recruit people for CSET
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- Forecasting for EA policy advocates
- Estimate the value of the forecasted variables/questions on Metaculus and GJP
- On-demand forecasting to research teams
- Write down lessons learnt from EpidemicForecasting
- Foretold consulting/training