EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)
Episodes
“The default trajectory for animal welfare means vastly more suffering” by JamesÖz
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In summary, there are two important reasons why I believe it's more important to direct additional resources towards animal welfare over global healt...
“[Trigger warning: violence] Animal vs human welfare: sharing some personal reflections” by Forumite
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For many years, I devoted myself to improving human health and wellbeing. But then I shifted to working to prevent suffering for animals. In this pos...
“What do RP’s tools tell us about giving $100m to AW or GHD?” by Hayley Clatterbuck, arvomm, Bob Fischer, Derek Shiller, David_Moss
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Intro Suppose you have $100M to give away. You are drawn to the many important opportunities to reduce animal suffering or address pressing issues in...
“Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)” by Lizka
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: I’ve recently started as a “Research Fellow” at Forethought (focusing on how we should prepare for a potential period of explosive growth...
“Appreciating Stable Support Roles at EA Orgs” by Amy Labenz
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I recently had a conversation with a teammate that made me reflect on a possible cultural issue within the EA community. This teammate had expressed ...
“Announcing Equal Hands — an experiment in democratizing effective giving.” by abrahamrowe
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: Sign up here to join a six-month experiment to democratize effective giving. The experiment establishes a community who agree to allocate chari...
“We can protect millions of kids from a global killer — without billions of dollars (Washington Post)” by Aaron Gertler 🔸
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. This WaPo piece announces the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF), a collaboration led by Open Philanthropy, USAID, and UNIC...
“Announcing the Lead Exposure Action Fund” by Alexander_Berger, Emily Oehlsen
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. One of Open Philanthropy's goals for this year is to experiment with collaborating with other funders. Today, we’re excited to ...
“My top 10 picks from 200 episodes of the 80k podcast” by JWS 🔸
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Intro I think the 80,000 Hours Podcast is a great show. Despite the world of podcasts overflowing with content to choose from, it's reliably been a h...
“Stepping down from GWWC: So long, and thanks for all the shrimp” by Luke Freeman 🔸
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. It's a rare privilege to lead an organisation that embodies the very ideals that shaped your life. I’ve been fortunate to have ...
“I have stepped aside from my role as Executive Director because I think it will help more animals” by KirstyHenderson
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Summary During the last four years, our work for animals in Anima International faced several big challenges. I took on the role...
“Small simple way to promote effective giving while making people feel good” by DMMF
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a big fan of small, underrated acts that can have outsized positive impact (both in terms EA and in life more generally). I'd like to share one s...
“My article in The Nation — California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry” by Garrison
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. I wrote an article on California AI safety bill SB 1047 for The Nation and the reaction from the AI industry, investors, and the ...
“CEA will continue to take a ‘principles-first’ approach to EA” by Zachary Robinson
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction I’m Zach, the new CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). As I step into my role, I want to explain the principles that I thin...
“The Tech Industry is the Biggest Blocker to Meaningful AI Safety Regulations” by Garrison
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. If you enjoy this, please consider subscribing to my Substack. My latest reporting went up in The Nation yesterday: It's about th...
“This chart is right. Most interventions don’t do much. (Cameroon experience)” by EffectiveHelp - Cameroon
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This chart is so right. The local charity environment in Cameroon is probably helping much less people than you imagine. We ran an effectiveness cont...
“Presenting five new effective giving initiatives” by CE, Ben Williamson
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction In May 2024, Ambitious Impact (AIM) ran a program to incubate new effective giving initiatives (EGIs) in partnership with Giving What We ...
“Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice” by Austin
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $1...
“FarmKind’s Illusory Offer” by Jeff Kaufman
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, one of the parts that makes me most disappointed is the steady creep of donati...
[Linkpost] “New video from Ali Abdaal (5.74m YT subscribers): Why I’m giving 10% of my income to charity (forever)” by Giving What We Can
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. This new video from Ali Abdaal (which we did not sponsor in any way) covers his decision to take the 10% Pledge back in 2019, and...
“Wild Animal Initiative has urgent need for more funding and more donors” by Cameron Meyer Shorb 🔸
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our room for more funding is bigger and more urgent than ever before. Our organizational strategy will be responsive both to the total amount raised ...
“On Owning Our EA Affiliation” by Alix Pham
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Someone suggested I name this post "What We Owe The Community": I think it's a great title, but I didn't dare use it... Views and mistakes my own. Wh...
“FarmKind (a new animal fundraising platform) is live – Please DON’T DONATE” by Aidan Alexander, ThomNorman
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR FarmKind is a new effective giving platform dedicated to tackling factory farming We’ve just launched - www.farmkind.giving There are many w...
“Case-control survey of EAGx attendees finds no behavioural or attitudinal changes after six months” by Fods12
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prepared by James Fodor and Miles Tidmarsh EAGxAustralia 2023 Committee Abstract EAGx conferences are an important component of the effective altruis...
“We need an independent investigation into how EA leadership has handled SBF and FTX” by AnonymousEAForumAccount
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary Rebecca Kagan believes “EA needs an investigation, done externally and shared publicly, on mistakes made in the EA community's relationship...
“Warren Buffett changes giving plans (for the worse)” by katriel
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Folks in philanthropy and development definitely know that the Gates Foundation is the largest private player in that realm by fa...
“Rethink Priorities’ Moral Parliament Tool” by Derek Shiller, arvomm, Bob Fischer, Hayley Clatterbuck
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Link to tool: https://parliament.rethinkpriorities.org (1 min) Introductory Video (6 min) Basic Features Video Executive Summary This post introduce...
“Destabilization of the United States: The top X-factor EA neglects?” by Yelnats T.J.
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights Destabilization could be the biggest setback for great power conflict, AI, bio-risk, and climate disruption. Polarization plays a role in...
“Against Aschenbrenner: How ‘Situational Awareness’ constructs a narrative that undermines safety and threatens humanity” by Gideon Futerman
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary/Introduction Aschenbrenner's ‘Situational Awareness’ (Aschenbrenner, 2024) promotes a dangerous narrative of national securitisation. Thi...
“The Precipice Revisited” by Toby_Ord
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm often asked about how the existential risk landscape has changed in the years since I wrote The Precipice. Earlier this year, I gave a talk on ex...
“Most smart and skilled people are outside of the EA/rationalist community: an analysis” by titotal
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Introduction: The (highly interrelated) effective altruist and Rationalist communities are very small on a global scale. Therefor...
“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrains
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this com...
“We’ve renamed the Giving What We Can Pledge” by Alana HF, Giving What We Can
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. The Giving What We Can Pledge is now the 🔸10% Pledge! We cover the why (along with our near-term plans and how you can help!)...
“80,000 hours should remove OpenAI from the Job Board (and similar EA orgs should do similarly)” by Raemon
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I haven't shared this post with other relevant parties – my experience has been that private discussion of this sort of thing is more paralyzing th...
“AMA: Beast Philanthropy’s Darren Margolias” by Beast Philanthropy, GiveDirectly
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Darren Margolias: I'm the Executive Director of Beast Philanthropy, the charity founded by the world's most popular YouTuber MrBeast. We recent...
“Do What You Can (A Poem)” by ElliotTep
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Audio is here if you prefer. Hope you like it. I got something to offer, all I ask is your time. And forgiveness for the form: a cheesy rhyme. You’...
“Center for Effective Aid Policy has shut down” by MathiasKB🔸
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
May 2024 marked the last month of the Center for Effective Aid Policy. This post serves as the public post-mortem. I have strived for it to be intere...
“How can we get the world to talk about factory farming?” by LewisBollard
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Note: This post was crossposted from the Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the au...
“Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from May 2022 to March 2024” by Linch, kierangreig, KarolinaSarek, Zoë Sigle, Neil_Dullaghan
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This payout report covers the Animal Welfare Fund's grantmaking from May 1 2022 to March 31st 2024 (23 months). It follows the previous March-April 2...
“Detecting Genetically Engineered Viruses With Metagenomic Sequencing” by Jeff Kaufman
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. This represents work from several people at the NAO. Thanks especially to Dan Rice for implementing the duplicate junction detect...
“Announcing The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why” by jeffsebo
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all, just a short post to let you know that my next book, The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, is now available for preorder! Thi...
“Distancing EA from rationality is foolish” by Jan_Kulveit
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, I've noticed a growing tendency within EA to dissociate from Rationality. Good Ventures have stopped funding efforts connected with the rat...
“Ten minutes to speak up for ~4.5 million caged chickens” by Ben Stevenson
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(You can read this post as a Google Doc. You might find this easier to share with animal-sympathetic non-EAs. Also: I work at Rethink Priorities, but...
“Kaya Guides Pilot Results” by RachelAbbott
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary. Who We Are: Kaya Guides runs a self-help course on WhatsApp to reduce depression at scale in low and middle-income countries. We help young...
“Are our Top Charities saving the same lives each year?” by GiveWell
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. Author: Adam Salisbury, Senior Research Associate In a nutshell We’ve had a longstanding concern that some of our top charity p...
“Why so many ‘racists’ at Manifest?” by Austin
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Manifest 2024 is a festival that we organized last weekend in Berkeley. By most accounts, it was a great success. On our feedback form, the average r...
“Help Fund Insect Welfare Science” by Bob Fischer, Daniela R. Waldhorn, abrahamrowe
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Arthropoda Foundation Tens of trillions of insects are used or killed by humans across dozens of industries. Despite being the most numerous an...
“Maybe let the non-EA world train you” by ElliotT
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This post is for EAs at the start of their careers who are considering which organisations to apply to, and their next steps in general. Conclusion u...
“Maybe Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust is powerless” by Zach Stein-Perlman
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Crossposted from AI Lab Watch. Subscribe on Substack.Introduction. Anthropic has an unconventional governance mechanism: an independent "Long-Term ...
“Summary of Situational Awareness - The Decade Ahead” by OscarD🔸
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Original by Leopold Aschenbrenner, this summary is not commissioned or endorsed by him. Short Summary Extrapolating existing trends in compute, spen...
“I doubled the world record cycling without hands for AMF” by Vincent van der Holst
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A couple weeks ago I announced I was going to try and break the world record cycling without hands for AMF. That post also explains why I wanted to b...
“Announcing a $6,000,000 endowment for NYU Mind, Ethics, and Policy” by Sofia_Fogel
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The NYU Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program will soon become the NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy (CMEP), our future secured by a generous $6,000...
“I bet Greg Colbourn 10 k€ that AI will not kill us all by the end of 2027” by Vasco Grilo
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Agreement78 % of my donations so far have gone to the Long-Term Future Fund[1] (LTFF), which mainly supports AI safety interventions. However, I have...
“Review of Past Grants: The $100.000 Grant for a Video Game?” by Nicolae
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2017, EA Funds has been providing grants across four distinct cause areas. While there are payout reports available, there is a lack of reports...
“A Scar Worth Bearing: My Improbable Story of Kidney Donation” by Elizabeth Klugh
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: I donated my kidney and you can too. If that's too scary, consider blood donation, the bone marrow registry, post-mortem organ donation, or ot...
“Introducing Ansh: A Charity Entrepreneurship Incubated Charity” by Supriya
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Summary Ansh, a 1-year-old Charity Entrepreneurship incubated charity, has been delivering an evidence-based, scientifically proven interve...
“Against a Happiness Ceiling: Replicating Killingsworth & Kahneman (2022)” by charlieh943
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Epistemic Status: somewhat confident: I may have made coding mistakes. R code is here if you feel like checking. Introduction: In their 2022 ar...
“89%of cage-free egg commitments with deadlines of 2023 or earlier have been fulfilled” by ASuchy
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. The report concludes that the cage-free fulfillment rate is maintaining its momentum at 89%. The producer, retailer, and manufact...
“Articles about recent OpenAI departures” by bruce
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a link post. A brief overview of recent OpenAI departures (Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, Daniel Kokotajlo, Leopold Aschenbrenner, Pavel Izmailov,...
“I’m attempting a world record to raise money for AMF” by Vincent van der Holst
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR It's time for an absurd challenge. On June 7th around 11:00, I'm going to (try to) break the world record for cycling without hands! 🚴🏻...
“5 things you’ve got wrong about the Giving What We Can Pledge” by Alana HF, Giving What We Can
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How well do you know the details of the Giving What We Can Pledge? A surprising number of people we’ve spoken to — including many who know a lot ...
“The Charity Commission has concluded its inquiry into Effective Ventures Foundation UK” by Rob Gledhill
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Charity Commission for England and Wales has concluded its statutory inquiry into Effective Ventures Foundation UK (EVF UK), which was originally...
“Announcing UK Voters for Animals!” by eleanor mcaree, James Özden, Holly Baines, Alina Salmen, Max Taylor, vicky_cox, Mandy Carter
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to announce a new volunteer-run organisation, UK Voters For Animals, dedicated to mobilising UK voters to win key legislative changes...
“What’s Going on With OpenAI’s Messaging?” by Ozzie Gooen
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a quickly-written opinion piece, of what I understand about OpenAI. I first posted it to Facebook, where it had some discussion. Some argu...