Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them. Subscribe by searching for '80000... more
Today’s release is a reading of our Great power conflict problem profile, written and narrated by Stephen Clare.If you want... more
Effective altruism is associated with the slogan "do the most good." On one level, this has to be unobjectionable: What... more
An audio version of the 2023 80,000 Hours career guide, also available on our website, on Amazon and on Audible.If... more
Mustafa Suleyman was part of the trio that founded DeepMind, and his new AI project is building one of the... more
"Do you remember seeing these photographs of generally women sitting in front of these huge panels and connecting calls, plugging... more
"There's no money to invest in education elsewhere, so they almost get trapped in the cycle where they don't get... more
In July, OpenAI announced a new team and project: Superalignment. The goal is to figure out how to make superintelligent... more
Over on our other feed, 80k After Hours, you can now find 20-30 minute highlights episodes of our 80,000 Hours... more
Back in 2007, Holden Karnofsky cofounded GiveWell, where he sought out the charities that most cost-effectively helped save lives. He... more
In Oppenheimer, scientists detonate a nuclear weapon despite thinking there's some 'near zero' chance it would ignite the atmosphere, putting... more
"At the front of the pack we have these frontier AI developers, and we want them to identify particularly dangerous... more
Today’s bonus release is a pilot for a new podcast called ‘The Worst Ideas in the History of the World’,... more
As AI advances ever more quickly, concerns about potential misuse of highly capable models are growing. From hostile foreign governments... more
Can there be a more exciting and strange place to work today than a leading AI lab? Your CEO has... more
GiveWell is one of the world's best-known charity evaluators, with the goal of "searching for the charities that save or... more
What is the nature of the universe? How do we make decisions correctly? What differentiates right actions from wrong ones?Such... more
Imagine you are an orphaned eight-year-old whose parents left you a $1 trillion company, and no trusted adult to serve... more
It’s easy to dismiss alarming AI-related predictions when you don’t know where the numbers came from. For example: what if... more
In this episode from our second show, 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla about the Shrimp Welfare... more
Being a good and successful person is core to your identity. You place great importance on meeting the high moral,... more
If you want to work to tackle climate change, you should try to reduce expected carbon emissions by as much... more
Can you trust the things you read in published scientific research? Not really. About 40% of experiments in top social... more
By now, you’ve probably seen the extremely unsettling conversations Bing’s chatbot has been having. In one exchange, the chatbot told... more
In many ways, humanity seems to have become more humane and inclusive over time. While there’s still a lot of... more
What’s the opposite of cancer? If you answered “cure,” “antidote,” or “antivenom” — you’ve obviously been reading the antonym section... more
Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in June 2020. Today’s guest, New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs, always hated... more
Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in July 2020. 80,000 Hours, along with many other members of the effective altruism... more
Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in July 2020. Today’s guest, Jennifer Doleac — Associate Professor of Economics at Texas... more
America aims to avoid nuclear war by relying on the principle of 'mutually assured destruction,' right? Wrong. Or at least...... more
John McWhorter is a linguistics professor at Columbia University specialising in research on creole languages. He's also a content-producing machine,... more
By now, you’ve probably seen the extremely unsettling conversations Bing’s chatbot has been having. In one exchange, the chatbot told a user:... more