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The 80,000 Hours Podcast

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 Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us

# 72

 Toby Ord on the precipice and humanity's potential futures

# 204

 Nate Silver on making sense of SBF, and his biggest critiques of effective altruism

# 194

 Vitalik Buterin on defensive acceleration and how to regulate AI when you fear government

# 145

 Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable

# 67

 David Chalmers on the nature and ethics of consciousness

# 189

 Rachel Glennerster on how "market shaping" could help solve climate change, pandemics, and other global problems

# 179

 Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety

# 138

 Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on why pleasure and pain are the only things that intrinsically matter

# 164

 Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives

# 191

 Carl Shulman on the economy and national security after AGI

# 198

 Meghan Barrett on challenging our assumptions about insects

# 151

Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us

# 72

Toby Ord on the precipice and humanity's potential futures

# 204

Nate Silver on making sense of SBF, and his biggest critiques of effective altruism

# 194

Vitalik Buterin on defensive acceleration and how to regulate AI when you fear government

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About the show

What can I expect?

The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them. We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths – from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers — to analyse the case for and against working on different issues and figure out which approaches are best for solving them.

What is 80,000 Hours?

80,000 Hours is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people have a larger positive influence on the world with their careers. If you're new here, read our career guide to get our current take on how to think about careers that have a positive impact and where the best opportunities may lie.

The podcast has substantially changed how I think about the entire world… — Steven Bills

What can I expect?

The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them. We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths – from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers — to analyse the case for and against working on different issues and figure out which approaches are best for solving them.

What is 80,000 Hours?

80,000 Hours is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people have a larger positive influence on the world with their careers. If you're new here, read our career guide to get our current take on how to think about careers that have a positive impact and where the best opportunities may lie.

The podcast has substantially changed how I think about the entire world… — Steven Bills

What can I expect?

The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them. We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths – from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers — to analyse the case for and against working on different issues and figure out which approaches are best for solving them.

What is 80,000 Hours?

80,000 Hours is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people have a larger positive influence on the world with their careers. If you're new here, read our career guide to get our current take on how to think about careers that have a positive impact and where the best opportunities may lie.

The podcast has substantially changed how I think about the entire world… — Steven Bills

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Our hosts

Robert Wiblin is one of the interviewers I most respect, and indeed, envy… — Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Rob Wiblin

Rob Wiblin

Rob studied genetics and economics at the Australian National University, graduating top of his class and later being named Young Alumnus of the Year. He worked as a research economist in various Australian Government agencies, before joining the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford, first as Research Director and then Executive Director. In 2015 he joined 80,000 Hours as Head of Research. You can find out more on his personal website.
Luisa Rodriguez

Luisa Rodriguez

Luisa studied Sociology at Carleton College, and International Development at Brandeis University.

Before joining us as our second podcast host, Luisa was Will MacAskill’s Chief of Staff at the Forethought Foundation, where she helped do the research for MacAskill’s 2022 book, What We Owe the Future. She also spent time at Rethink Priorities and the Future of Humanity Institute (conducting cause prioritisation research); and ImpactMatters, Innovations for Poverty Action, and GiveWell doing cost-effectiveness analysis for nonprofit and government programmes.

Luisa Rodriguez

Luisa Rodriguez

Luisa studied Sociology at Carleton College, and International Development at Brandeis University.

Before joining us as our second podcast host, Luisa was Will MacAskill’s Chief of Staff at the Forethought Foundation, where she helped do the research for MacAskill’s 2022 book, What We Owe the Future. She also spent time at Rethink Priorities and the Future of Humanity Institute (conducting cause prioritisation research); and ImpactMatters, Innovations for Poverty Action, and GiveWell doing cost-effectiveness analysis for nonprofit and government programmes.

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