Damon Binder

Damon Binder

I'm a researcher at Coefficient Giving, working on risks from AI and biology, with a background in theoretical physics.

Latest posts

Will AI soon lead to double-digit growth? A reply to Moll and Imas ↗

Moll and Imas argue that AI is unlikely to cause rapid growth in the next ten to fifteen years. Here is why I wasn't persuaded.

More research needed? ↗

How much research has humanity done, and how quickly could AI match it?

All the training in the world ↗

The US has about 150 million workers. How long did it take them to learn to do what they do?

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Projects

Universal Timeline

The history of the universe on one zoomable axis.

Blink

A browser shooter you aim by looking and fire by blinking.

The Indo-European Family Tree

An interactive, time-calibrated tree of the Indo-European languages.

Harmonics Lab

Build a sound from its harmonics and play it across a keyboard.

Random Lives

Biographical stories of randomly sampled people from across all of human history.

Other stuff

Historical recipes

Reconstructing dishes from the ancient and medieval world.

Book recommendations

Non-fiction books that I like, organized by topic.

Physics research

My PhD dissertation and earlier physics work.

Physics Simulations

A collection of interactive physics simulations that run in your browser.