Podcast Episodes

″“If this had been published a decade earlier…” Help us change the career-advice canon for the better!” by Bella, 80000_Hours

80,000 Hours (the book) comes out in just one month!!

We asked OWID's Hannah Ritchie if she wanted to say something nice about the book, and she sai…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

[Linkpost] “Shrimp Sentience Research: A Prioritization Guide” by Guillaume Reho

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I wrote a within-cause prioritization report discussing why we should continue studying shrimp sentience and how we…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

[Linkpost] “The Data Is In: “Effective” Philanthropy Has an Evidence Issue” by GraceAdams🔸

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I recently wrote an op-ed in Inside Philanthropy about the trend for philanthropy and the non-profit sector to use the language …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

[Linkpost] “Donate Less to AI Safety*” by Sophie Kim

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*if you want us to win

In one sense, AI safety is not funding-constrained. There are hundreds of millions of dollars flowing int…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

“AI and animal welfare: am I missing something?” by SiobhanBall

Animal welfare is what brought me to EA. I spent several years working for animal advocacy organisations, and the EA ideals to do with rigorous thin…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

“AI safety can be a Pascal’s mugging even if p(doom) is high” by Elliott Thornley (EJT)

People sometimes say that AI safety is a Pascal's mugging. Other people sometimes reply that AI safety can’t be a Pascal's mugging, because p(doom) …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

“Forecasting is Way Overrated, and We Should Stop Funding It” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸

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EA and rationalists got enamoured with forecasting and prediction markets and made them part of the culture, but this hasn’t proven very us…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

“Why Forecasting Fails Decision Makers” by JamesN

The forecasting community is failing because it is not focused on how the world actually works.

This post has been written in response to the Manifu…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

“What does EA UK do?” by gergo

Since I took over EA UK in January, many people have understandably asked what EA UK actually does. Building on an older post, I wanted to share a n…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

[Linkpost] “Manifund’s Falcon Fund” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸, Austin

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Manifund is launching a new animal welfare fund, led by regrantor Marcus Abramovitch. We make rapid (

1 month, 4 weeks ago