Contract work related to format Notes for Vipul Naik

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Task payments due for tasks related to format Notes by type and year

Task typeTotal in year 2024Total in year 2023Total in year 2022Total in year 2021Total in year 2020Total in year 2019Total in year 2018Total in year 2017Total in year 2016Total in year 2015Total across years
Preliminary research 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 111.75 593.85 0.00 870.00 0.00 0.00 1,575.60
People watching 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 350.00 380.00 400.00 0.00 0.00 1,130.00
On-the-ground investigation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 570.00 0.00 0.00 570.00
Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 111.75 943.85 380.00 1,840.00 0.00 0.00 3,275.60

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Task payments due for tasks related to format Notes by type and month

MonthPreliminary researchPeople watchingOn-the-ground investigationTotal across task types
2020-0522.500.000.0022.50
2020-0389.250.000.0089.25
2019-100.00350.000.00350.00
2019-0895.100.000.0095.10
2019-07498.750.000.00498.75
2018-010.00380.000.00380.00
2017-120.00400.000.00400.00
2017-10300.000.00570.00870.00
2017-03570.000.000.00570.00
Total across months1,575.601,130.00570.003,275.60

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Full list of tasks in reverse chronological order (10 tasks)

WorkerTask venueTask typeTask receptacleCompletion datePayerPaymentTopicTime spent (hours:minutes)Effective pay per hourNotes
Issa RicewikiHowPreliminary researchwikiHow view count data analysis2020-05-03Vipul Naik22.50Data3:007.50Completed May 3, but most of the actual work done 2018-09-08 to 2018-09-13: wikiHow view count data analysis for 3 hours at $7.50/hour
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchCoronavirus notes2020-03-29Vipul Naik89.25Global health/Coronavirus5:0617.50Work done 2020-03-13 to 2020-03-29 at $17.50/hour. This was preliminary research related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic that could potentially inform further work by Issa or Vipul; however, based on the preliminary research, we decided to not continue further for now
Issa RicePeople repoPeople watchingPeople repo2019-10-23Vipul Naik350.00People96:003.6596 hours of work (12 working days of 8 hours each) over the time period of February 6, 2018 to October 23, 2019. The original payment agreement was 10 working days of 8 hours each at $35/day, but we increased it by 2 days in exchange for Vipul going out and collecting some information of potential interest to Issa.
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchRecruiting assistance for Future of Humanity Institute2019-08-07Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative95.10AI safety/Global catastophic risks6:2015.02The part in August 2019 of work done helping Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) with recruitment. Payment is from the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) via the BERI/FHI collaboration. Work done from 2019-08-01 to 2019-08-07
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchRecruiting assistance for Future of Humanity Institute2019-07-31Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative498.75AI safety/Global catastophic risks33:1515.00The part in July 2019 of work done helping Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) with recruitment. Payment is from the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) via the BERI/FHI collaboration. Work done from 2019-07-10 to 2019-07-31
Issa RicePeople repoPeople watchingPeople repo2018-01-13Vipul Naik380.00People65:145.83Third and fourth 4-day batches (at $50/day and $45/day) of writing up notes about different people we are interested in. See the commit https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/commit/0e10eca1b82c425067779bc32af0b6f94be7acb8#diff-c7ed78d772be81a5381d65cc6d32a95f for background
Issa RicePeople repoPeople watchingPeople repo2017-12-29Vipul Naik400.00People62:336.39First two 4-day batches (at $50/day) of writing up notes about different people we are interested in. See the commit https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/commit/0e10eca1b82c425067779bc32af0b6f94be7acb8#diff-c7ed78d772be81a5381d65cc6d32a95f for background
Issa RiceDevec subwikiPreliminary researchDevec subwiki2017-10-06Vipul Naik300.00Global development113:002.65This is a stipend supplement. Preliminary reading on development economics as well as databases of economic growth and metrics. This would eventually help with data porting exercises and expanding https://devec.subwiki.org (the Devec subwiki)
Sebastian SanchezFacebookOn-the-ground investigationVisits to animal farms in Zambia2017-10-05Peter Hurford570.00Animal welfare/factory farmingBreakdown: $360 for reimbursements, $180 for labor ($15/hour, 12 hours), and $30 for uploading content. See https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156676891004377.1073741837.634404376&type=3 (visit 1, slaughterhouse/abattoir in Livingstone), https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156677566689377.1073741838.634404376&type=3 (visit 2, modern chicken and cattle farm in Southern Zambia), and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156685699114377.1073741839.634404376&type=3 (visit 3, Siyakasipa Village where animals are reared by a village)
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchhits-based giving project2017-03-22Peter Hurford570.00Philanthropy/history of philanthropyInitial work for a project announced by Peter Hurford at http://effective-altruism.com/ea/14s/how_many_hits_does_hitsbased_giving_get_a/ after some modification and discussion with Peter. Due to data availability constraints,the project could not be completed,so the pay is for 38 hours of initial work at $15/hour