EA Forum Podcast (All audio)
Episodes
“80,000 Hours for Global Development” by Benh713
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary We’re exploring the idea of building a career guidance platform aimed at helping the African diaspora - and professionals interested in dev...
[Linkpost] “How AI could slow scientific progress -” by Josh Piecyk 🔹
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Note: This is a linkpost to an essay written by Princeton computer science professor Arvind Narayanan and PHD candidate Sayash Ka...
[Linkpost] “Rebooting the Singularity” by cdkg
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Tom Davidson from Forethought Research and I have a new paper responding to some recent skeptical takes on the Singularity Hypoth...
[Linkpost] “Video and transcript of talk on ‘Can goodness compete?’” by Joe_Carlsmith
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. (This is the video and transcript of a public talk I gave at Mox in San Francisco in July 2025, on long-term equilibria post-AGI....
[Linkpost] “Eggs from in-ovo sexed hens are now available in the US” by Luis Mota Freitas
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. The brand NestFresh eggs has just started selling eggs from in-ovo sexed hens in the US. Right now, they are only available at so...
“Why I am more optimistic about the animal movement this year” by Joey🔸
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes working on animal issues feels like an uphill battle, with alternative protein losing its trendy status with VCs, corporate campaigns hitti...
“Addressing the nonhuman gap in intergovernmental AI governance frameworks” by Alistair Stewart, Ronen Bar
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Originally submitted as a project for the AI Safety Fundamentals AI Governance course in April 2025; edited and somewhat expanded for publication on ...
“July ’25 EA Newsletter Poll” by Toby Tremlett🔹
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This poll was linked in the July edition of the Effective Altruism Newsletter. If you haven't got your newsletter yet, it'll be with you in a few hou...
[Linkpost] “Solving Problems, Not Building Empires the Value of Prioritizing your Ecosystem” by Joey🔸
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Linkpost as I am mostly writting on substack now. TL;DR: NGOs have a unique advantage over for-profits in their ability to coope...
“EU CITIZENS: Animal welfare consultation closing soon (16 July)” by eleanor mcaree
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is an important consultation happening right now on revising EU animal welfare laws - covering cages, import standards, male chick culling, and...
“Debate: organisations using Rethink Priorities’ mainline welfare ranges should consider effects on soil nematodes, mites, and springtails, or at least be transparent about their reasons for neglecting them?” by Vasco Grilo🔸
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Organisations using Rethink Priorities’ mainline welfare ranges should consider effects on soil nematodes, mites, and springtails.disagreeagreeOrgan...
“Is EA still ‘talent-constrained’?” by SiobhanBall
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since January I’ve applied to ~25 EA-aligned roles. Every listing attracted hundreds of candidates (one passed 1,200). It seems we already have a v...
“Reflecting on One Year of Mieux Donner: Launching the French Effective Giving Initiative” by Romain Barbe🔸, Jennifer Stretton
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we mark one year since the launch of Mieux Donner, we wanted to share some reflections on our journey and our ongoing efforts to promote effective...
“AI, Animals, & Digital Minds 2025: Retrospective” by Alistair Stewart, Johannes Pichler 🔸, Constance Li, AI for Animals
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaway We need less breadth and more depth. Much of the early growth and success of the movement at the intersection of AI, animals and digital...
“Sanity Check - Givewell’s New Incentives estimate seems optimistic” by NickLaing
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: On a VERY rough Sanity check[1], GiveWell's New Incentives “lived saved” numbers seem perhaps twice as high as is plausible. On seeing thi...
[Linkpost] “METR: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity” by Yadav
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. This seems like an important piece of work - an RCT on the use of AI capabilities for developers. The TL;DR of the paper is The d...
“Can for-profit companies create significant, direct impact?” by T.K.
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you to @Jacintha Baas, @Judith Rensing, and the @CE team for your help in editing and improving this post. Introductory Context Hi, I’m Trish....
[Linkpost] “The Rising Premium of Life” by Linch
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. I'm interested in a simple question: Why are people all so terrified of dying? And have people gotten more afraid? (Answer: proba...
“Lessons from the Iraq War about AI policy” by Buck
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I think the 2003 invasion of Iraq has some interesting lessons for the future of AI policy. (Epistemic status: I’ve read a bit about this, talked t...
“Career Conversations Week: July 21-27” by Toby Tremlett🔹
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: July 21-27 will be a themed week on the EA Forum for posting career-related quick takes and posts. We'll also have career advisors available th...
[Linkpost] “What is NZ’s comparative advantage?” by EA NZ, Rowan Clements 🔸
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Living in New Zealand can sometimes feel like an obstacle to doing good effectively. We’re far from the EA hubs in the UK/US, a...
“10 of Founders Pledge’s biggest grants” by Matt_Lerner
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a crosspost of a recent post by Hannah Yang, FP Research's comms lead, on Founders Pledge's website. I thought it was important to post this ...
“The relative range heuristic” by Karthik Tadepalli
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a rough explanation of relative ranges, a heuristic that I've found very helpful for quickly comparing two options that trade off between two...
“80,000 Hours is producing AI in Context — a new YouTube channel. Our first video, about the AI 2027 scenario, is up!” by ChanaMessinger, Aric Floyd
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About the program Hi! We’re Chana and Aric, from the new 80,000 Hours video program. For over a decade, 80,000 Hours has been talking about the worl...
[Linkpost] “My kidney donation” by Molly Hickman
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. I donated my left kidney to a stranger on April 9, 2024, inspired by my dear friend @Quinn Dougherty (who was inspired by @Scott ...
“A Vegan Case for Eating Sardines and Anchovies” by Chris Popa, Elizabeth Crewe
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This post is written in a personal capacity. The views expressed here are our own and do not represent those of any organisation we're affiliat...
“Organising Bookclub: How to Create a Vegan World” by Indra Gesink 🔸
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1. Introduction One of the first activities I organized in Effective Altruism 3 years ago, after I participated in the first Dutch Effective Altruism...