Animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. What, if anything, should we do about that?Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published April 15th, 2019Academic ResearchAnimal WelfareFounding Effective Non-profitsLong-termismMoral philosophy Global priorities researchUnconventional Advice
The team trying to end poverty by founding well-governed ‘charter’ citiesPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 31st, 2019Founding Effective Non-profitsGlobal PovertyGovernmentSocial entrepreneurship
OpenAI can teach algorithms to write articles, win video games & manipulate objects. How can policy keep up with AI advances?Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 19th, 2019AI policyAI technical safetyCatastrophic RisksFuture GenerationsPolitics
Can journalists still write about important things?Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published February 27th, 2019AdvocacyJournalismPromoting Effective Altruism
Radical institutional reforms that make capitalism & democracy work better, and how to get themPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published February 8th, 2019Immigration ReformImproving Decision MakingMoral philosophyPolitics
The CIA analyst who foresaw Trump in 2013 and his theory of why politics is changingPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published January 29th, 2019Civil ServiceGovernmentImproving Decision MakingJournalismParty PoliticsPolitics
We could feed all 8 billion people through a nuclear winter. Dr David Denkenberger is working to make it practical.Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published December 27th, 2018Academic ResearchAppropriate TechnologyCatastrophic RisksEngineeringFounding Effective Non-profitsNuclear security
A year’s worth of education for under a dollar and other ‘best buys’ in development, from the UK aid agency’s Chief EconomistPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published December 20th, 2018Academic ResearchCivil ServiceFounding Effective Non-profitsGlobal PovertySocial entrepreneurship
Computer science algorithms tackle fundamental and universal problems. Can they help us live better, or is that a false hope?Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published November 22nd, 2018CareersDecision ToolsDecision-making research & policyImproving Decision MakingUnconventional Advice
PhD or programming? Fast paths into aligning AI as a machine learning engineer, according to ML engineers Catherine Olsson & Daniel ZieglerPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published November 2nd, 2018AI technical safetyArtificial IntelligenceFuture GenerationsPhDsResearch
Philosophy Prof Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, probability within a multiverse, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questionsPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 23rd, 2018Academic ResearchEffective AltruismFuture GenerationsLong-termismMoral philosophy Global priorities research
Economics Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right?Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 17th, 2018Academic ResearchCatastrophic RisksEconomics PhDFuture GenerationsLong-termismMoral philosophy Global priorities researchScientific research
Dr Paul Christiano on how OpenAI is developing real solutions to the ‘AI alignment problem’, and his vision of how humanity will progressively hand over decision-making to AI systemsPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 2nd, 2018AI technical safetyArtificial IntelligenceFuture GenerationsPhDs
Daniel Ellsberg on the creation of nuclear doomsday machines, the institutional insanity that maintains them, and a practical plan for dismantling them.Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published September 24th, 2018GovernmentNuclear security
Tackling the ethics of infinity, being clueless about the effects of our actions, and having moral empathy for intellectual adversaries, with philosopher Dr Amanda AskellPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published September 11th, 2018Academic ResearchEffective AltruismLong-termismMoral philosophyPhDs Global priorities research
If the US put fewer people in prison, would crime go up? Not at all, according to Open Philanthropy’s renowned researcher David Roodman.Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 28th, 2018Catastrophic RisksData scienceGrantmaker Global priorities researchResearch
How well can we actually predict the future? Katja Grace on why expert opinion isn’t a great guide to AI’s impact and how to do betterPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 21st, 2018AI policyArtificial IntelligenceCatastrophic RisksFounding Effective Non-profitsFuture Generations
How much should you change your beliefs based on new evidence? Dr Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questionsPodcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 7th, 2018Data scienceDecision ToolsDecision-making research & policyEntrepreneurshipImproving Decision MakingResearch
Prof Yew-Kwang Ng is a visionary economist who anticipated many key ideas in effective altruism decades ago. Here’s his take on ethics and how to create a much happier world.Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published July 26th, 2018Academic ResearchAnimal WelfareCatastrophic RisksEconomics PhDFuture GenerationsGlobal PovertyPromoting Effective Altruism
Finding the best charity requires estimating the unknowable. Here’s how GiveWell tries to do that, according to researcher James Snowden.Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published July 16th, 2018Foundation Program ManagementFounding Effective Non-profitsGlobal Poverty Global priorities research
