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Extreme power concentration

Engineered pandemics

Great power conflict

Factory farming

Global health

Climate change

Emerging priorities

Moral status of digital minds

Gradual disempowerment

'S-risks'

AI-enhanced decision making

Space governance

Catastrophic AI misuse

More problem profiles →
Why focus on AI →
See all →
AI-focused career paths

AI governance and policy

AI safety technical research

AI safety fieldbuilding

AI security

AI hardware

China-related AI safety and governance

Macrostrategy research

AI safety advocacy

Grantmaking for AI safety

Other top paths

Journalism

Pandemic prevention and biosecurity

Founding new organisations

Earning to give

Effective altruism fieldbuilding

Nuclear weapons safety and security

Operations management

US electoral politics

More career reviews →
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Your career is your most important decision

A definition of impact

On problem selection

Why prioritise existential risks

Effective solutions

Making a big contribution

Differences in productivity

Comparative advantage

Being ambitious

Coordination

Exploration

Harmful jobs

Fundamentals of career planning

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