Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“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) …
6 days, 19 hours ago
“Forecasting is Way Overrated, and We Should Stop Funding It” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸
Summary
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 week 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 week 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 week, 1 day ago
[Linkpost] “Manifund’s Falcon Fund” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸, Austin
This is a link post.
Manifund is launching a new animal welfare fund, led by regrantor Marcus Abramovitch. We make rapid (
1 week, 1 day ago
“We’re building grantmaking.ai - public funding infrastructure for AI safety” by Matt Brooks
TL;DR
The AI safety ecosystem is about to receive billions in new funding but lacks the grantmaker capacity, speed, and infrastructure to deploy it…1 week, 1 day ago
“300 Pledges: Pitching Effective Giving at Middlebury College” by stark.ler
TL;DR. Quantity over quality; table consistently; prioritize a friendly tone based on shared values; pitch the pledge as an accountability mechanism…
1 week, 2 days ago
“What are the highest-leverage tactics for US election protection in 2026?” by Samy Sekar 🔸
Summary
Power for Democracies (P4Dem) is trying to develop donor recommendations to most effectively counter 2026 US election integrity threats. To …
1 week, 2 days ago
“Three necessary pillars for wild animal welfare at scale, and why they are worth paying for” by abrahamrowe
Cross-posted from Good Structures.
COI note: This piece touches on some aspects of Wild Animal Initiative's work, and why I am excited about it. I c…
1 week, 2 days ago
“AI safety is maturing. Is its generalist talent pipeline keeping up?” by Uladzislau Linnik, Enisa Ismaili
TL;DR
The AI safety field is maturing, but its talent pipelines may be failing to keep pace with the growing demand for operations, organisation-bui…
1 week, 2 days ago