Podcast Episodes

[Linkpost] “Scale Scale Scale, Govt. Govt. Govt: 3 concerns” by NickLaing

This is a link post.

I was recently at “Skoll”, the biggest NGO/social entrepreneurship conference. From one conversation to the next, two topics pop…

1 week, 2 days ago

“Building Ideas-First EA” by Mjreard

TLDR: Sarah Bluhm and I are funding and mentoring ideas-first (as opposed to, e.g., careers-first) EA community builders. If you’re at one of these …

1 week, 3 days ago

“Call for mentors: Sentient Futures Project Incubator” by Sentient Futures, Jay Luong, Constance Li, Sam Chapman, Brody McManus

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Deadline: July 8, 2026

Tentative program dates: August 15 – October 30

Know someone doing serious work on AI, animals, or the long-term fut…

1 week, 3 days ago

[Linkpost] “Are top existential risk estimates 50,000 times too high? An optimizer’s curse model and analysis” by titotal

This is a link post.

Thanks to Arepo, David Thorstadt, Zeshen, and Michael st Jules for looking over this article. Disclaimer: I am not a subject mat…

1 week, 3 days ago

“Incumbents Might Be Replaced During AI Takeoff, Including in Animal Agriculture” by Hazo

I used an LLM to help draft this post and it likely contains >10% AI-generated text, but I’ve edited/rewritten it extensively and endorse it.

TL;DR

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1 week, 3 days ago

“A New Course” by Center for Reducing Suffering

Suffering-focused ethics (SFE) is a family of moral views that gives special priority to reducing suffering. As you might know, we at the Center for…

1 week, 3 days ago

“Critique: There are not enough “realistic” topics in EA” by jackchang110

Statement: I'm far from an EA or AI expert, these are all opinions from an 19 years old EA laypeople (which may be biased or owefully wrong). Welcom…

1 week, 4 days ago

“Experience of a ‘generalist’ transitioning into AI safety in 2026” by Emily Marais

I'm a freelance web designer and developer who has been concerned about AI and prioritising a transition into AI safety since late 2025. This post i…

1 week, 5 days ago

“Good-tasting alt meat is a scientific problem we can solve: $10M RFP for Alternative Protein R&D” by Coefficient Giving, abhi_kumar

By Abhi Kumar, Associate Program Officer in Farm Animal Welfare

Over 100 billion animals are farmed and slaughtered for food every year. At Coeffici…

1 week, 5 days ago

″(Big reveal) Introducing myself as a new host of the 80,000 Hours Podcast!” by Zershaaneh Qureshi

Hi everyone!

Over the last six months or so, those of you who listen to the 80,000 Hours Podcast might occasionally have heard an unfamiliar voice a…

1 week, 6 days ago