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- Malaria is the cause area where GiveWell has directed the most funding over our 18-year history. We’ve recommended over $1 billion to malaria programs, which we estimate will avert over 200,000 deaths, mostly in young children, through support for programs like Against Malaria Foundation’s insecticide-treated nets and Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
- Tom Davidson from Forethought Research and I have a new paper responding to some recent skeptical takes on the Singularity Hypothesis (e.g. this one). Roughly half the paper is philosophical and the other half is empirical. Both halves argue that we should take the Singularity Hypothesis more seriously than many people have been taking it of late.
- Comparing arguments for demographic and intellectual diversity
- I'm hiring! And dozens more impactful AI policy roles
- Assorted tips and activities I've used lately. The post Misc parenting ideas for summer appeared first on Otherwise.
- Every organization, beyond its public face of products and services, relies on a significant amount of crucial behind-the-scenes work. This is where operations professionals come in—they’re the people who ensure everything runs smoothly and effectively, whether this is sorting out contracts and finances, organizing events, keeping projects on track–or a... Read more...
- (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. It’s a longer version of the talk I gave at this workshop. The slides are also available here.). Introduction. . Thank you. Okay. Hi. Thanks for coming. Aims for this talk. . So: can goodness compete?
- The UK sits on a goldmine of data that could revolutionise research, innovation, and public services. From the NHS’s uniquely detailed health records to rich administrative datasets across government departments and local authorities – this wealth of information remains largely untapped due to privacy, security, compliance, and coordination barriers. With £100 million in funding recently […].
- I took a week off from my day job of aligning AI to visit Forethought and think about the question: if we can align AI, what should we do with it? This post summarizes the state of my thinking at the end of that week. (The proposal described here is my own, and is not in … Continue reading A night-watchman ASI as a first step toward a great future →...
- It's like making challenging evals, but more constrained
- Don't lie about a subject because telling the truth sounds like agreeing with your political opponents
- The Rising Premium of Life, Part 2: Exploring Alternative Theories, Countervailing Evidence, and Uncomfortable Implications
- Transformer Weekly: China gets Nvidia chips, a preview of the AI Action Plan, and Sanders worries about AI risks
- While proponents of aquaculture see it as a promising means of providing food security and economic growth, concerns have been raised regarding its impacts on marine ecosystems. The post Marine Aquaculture: A Sea Of Problems? appeared first on Faunalytics.
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- It’s a good time to be a highly in-demand AI engineer. To lure leading researchers away from OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has reportedly offered pay packages totalling more than $100 million. Top AI engineers are now being compensated like football superstars. Few people will ever have to grapple with the question of whether to […]...
- Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism. The post No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism appeared first on Palladium.
- Finalist #4 in the Review Contest
- From nursery to slaughter, how can we improve fish welfare? Also: Our Q2 by-the-numbers, 90K fishes helped, remote sensing updates, and more! View this email in your browser Hi there,. We hope you’re well! This newsletter discusses upcoming studies we have planned to address welfare issues at both the beginning (the nursery) and the end (the harvest) of the...
- Two sweeping visions of the future have been unfolding, each producing grim — yet seemingly contradictory — predictions for the fate of humanity. On the one hand, we’re learning that the birth rate is falling all over the world, leading to aging societies and a global population set to decline this century. If trends continue on […]...
- The brand NestFresh eggs has just started selling eggs from in-ovo sexed hens in the US. Right now, they are only available at some Whole Foods locations in the Southwest, soon to be expanded to other locations. Supporting those eggs now is particularly valuable, as their market performance will influence other companies' decisions to adopt the technology.
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- Every day, because of you, more people are seeing clearly – some for the first time ever. In Pachalum, Guatemala, a new Vision Center is bringing eye care within reach for 123,000 people right where they live, work, and care for their families. In Cambodia, our partnership with the Ministry of Education will screen 20,000 …. The post Good news from Seva first appeared on Seva Foundation.
- In Pachalum, Guatemala, a proud rural community of hardworking farmers and expert weavers united by shared traditions, a new Vision Center is opening doors to clearer sight and brighter futures. Cost, travel, and limited access kept Pachalum communities away from eye care for years. Now, screenings, diagnosis, and treatment are right in town. It’s a ….
- Seva and Cambodia’s Ministry of Education are teaming up to screen 20,000 students and catch vision problems early. Children with impaired vision may fall behind in school, experience social ostracization, or even drop out completely. Something as simple as a pair of eyeglasses or access to reliable eye care can help prevent that. By bringing ….
- Seva CEO and Executive Director Kate Moynihan recently sat down with Seva’s Regional Director in India, Kuldeep Singh, Seva Board Chair Dr. Mariano Yee, and trainer Sunita Arora, who has helped launch the careers of over 2,000 eye care professionals. The four talked candidly about the powerful ripple effects of your generosity — how restoring ….
- In an informative discussion with International Business Times, Seva Executive Director Kate Moynihan makes the case for eye care as a critical solution to global poverty. Every $1 invested in eye health returns $36 in benefits across society. “Preventable blindness steals opportunity from millions – but it’s also one of the easiest challenges to solve. ….
- Imagine you are planning to make a charitable donation and want your gift to make a real difference. You’ve done your research and found three very effective programs: one provides cash transfers to increase the incomes of very poor households; one provides treatment to correct clubfoot, a congenital condition that causes pain and mobility loss; and one provides children with medication to...
- How quickly has AI been diffusing through the economy?
- I’m currently investigating ketamine, with the goal of assessing the risks of chronic use. For reasons I will get into in the real post, this is going to rely mostly on in vitro data, at least for neural damage, which means I need a way to translate real-world dosages into the concentration of ketamine in … Continue reading "Ketamine Part 1: Dosing"...
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- From a public talk on long-term equilibria post-AGI, given at Mox in SF in July 2025.
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- Philosophical possibilities that haunt me
- What will it take for plant-based cheese to live up to its full potential? It turns out that smart combinations of plant-based protein sources and fermentation techniques go a long way. The post Plant-Based Cheese: The Case Of The Missing Protein appeared first on Faunalytics.
- Maryanne is excelling in her career after joining two Sightsavers programmes that helped to boost her employability skills.
- In this blog, Jane, our Corporate Engagement Advisor, introduces the Kinder Kitchens campaign, calling on chefs to lead the way in compassionate seafood sourcing and preparation.
- In this blog, Jane, our Corporate Engagement Advisor, introduces the Kinder Kitchens campaign, calling on chefs to lead the way in compassionate seafood sourcing and preparation.
- See the Index: https://futureoflife.org/index FLI’s President Max Tegmark discusses the importance of driving a ‘race to the top’ on safety amongst AI companies.
- On this episode, Tom Davidson joins me to discuss the emerging threat of AI-enabled coups, where advanced artificial intelligence could empower covert actors to seize power. We explore scenarios including secret loyalties within companies, rapid military automation, and how AI-driven democratic backsliding could differ significantly from historical precedents.
- From begging on the streets of Sierra Leone to attending an inclusive school, Abubakarr is now realising his full potential and on the path to a bright future.
- Happiness vs Purpose?
- The UK government has announced that it will phase out the use of most lead ammunition in outdoor shooting across Great Britain, with legislation expected to be in place by summer 2026. A three-year transition period will then begin, giving the shooting industry time to switch to suitable alternatives.
- In recent years, conversations about climate change driven increases in malaria have almost exclusively centred on sub-Saharan Africa. Projections have suggested that, between 2030 and 2049, increased temperatures could contribute to an additional 550,000 malaria deaths in the region.
- “Today is a landmark moment – for California, for the YIMBY movement, and for everyone fighting to keep the California Dream alive,” said Brian Hanlon, CEO of California YIMBY. “With the Assembly Local Government committee advancing SB 79, the Legislature….
- Hi, I’m looking for individuals to feature as examples in my forum post. Do you know anyone (or are you someone) who: • Discovers EA and strongly aligns with it. later applies to many roles listed on 80,000 Hours but gets rejected from all of them • Then worked at for-profit companies to build experience and skills • And after 3–5 years of skill-building, transitioned into a role in a...
- In my most recent post, I introduced a corrigibility transformation that could take an arbitrary goal over external environments and define a corrigible goal with no hit to performance. That post focused on corrigibility and deception in training, which are some of the biggest problems in AI alignment, but the underlying mechanism has broader applicability.
- AI policy and the unique advantages of individual donors
- Researchers rely on a wide range of tools throughout the research lifecycle for storing data, analyzing results, writing papers, and sharing outcomes. The OSF helps bring those tools into one place, making it easier to organize, share, and connect your work.
- For Pride, kind of. Are bisexuals canonically late? Probably.
- Sometimes working on animal issues feels like an uphill battle, with alternative protein losing its trendy status with VCs, corporate campaigns hitting blocks in enforcement and veganism being stuck at the same percentage it's been for decades.
- Don't have your self-image be as the emotionally-troubled, intellectually complex protagonist
- Just past the halfway point of 2025, Liz Wheeler offers an update to our supporters and fellow advocates about our latest research, newest resources, and what’s in store for the rest of the year. The post Faunalytics’ 2025 Mid-Year Report appeared first on Faunalytics.
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- Large, charismatic mammals receive the bulk of attention and funding despite numerous other species facing a much greater risk of extinction. The post You Win Some, You Lose Many: Conservation Bias Fails The Most Vulnerable appeared first on Faunalytics.
- IUDs generate a lot of strong opinions. Why?
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- Dr Estee Torok, Senior Program Officer in Surveillance, Data & Epidemiology in Malaria / Global Health at the Gates Foundation visited Target Malaria Uganda based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute. Dr Torok was welcomed by the Head of the Entomology Department and Principal Investigator of Target Malaria Project, Dr Jonathan Kayondo, who provided an […].
- What candidate truths do you find most disturbing?
- EA Forum Digest #249 Hello!. Next week is Career Conversations Week on the Forum! Consider writing about your job, or thinking about what you’d like to ask advisors from Probably Good, 80,000 Hours, Animal Advocacy Careers and Successif in our AMA next week (it'll be pinned on the front page on Monday).
- Achieving a 10-minute warning would save thousands of lives
- Open science practices are embedded throughout Amélie Godefroidt’s research, which explores public opinion during and after wars, civil conflicts, and terrorist attacks. As a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the KU Leuven Centre for Research on Peace and Development in Belgium, she regularly engages with ethically and methodologically complex material and highly sensitive data, and...
- On the margins of the 2025 AI for Good Summit, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) co-hosted a Geneva Security Debate on the…
- Late on Monday night, July 14, 2025, the ninth richest man in the world broke some momentous news: The US government would allow him, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to sell H20 processors to Chinese customers again. To people following the Trump administration and its seemingly unending announcements and reversals of trade restrictions, this might not […]...
- That’s what this blog is about: the unexpected happiness that comes from helping others and making a difference in the world. And I’m not talking about just giving your attention to and being aware of the problems in the world, but giving your time and money, strategically and generously, to actually solve those problems for others.
- Climate and Nutrition Data Analysis Intern admin_inox Wed, 07/16/2025 - 10:30 vacancy_id SYS-1286 location London (UK), Delhi (IN) Contract type Intern Duration Other Frontend apply URL https://jobs.gainhealth.org/vacancies/1286/apply/ Closing date Wed, 07/23/2025 - 12:00 Department Programmes about_the_role <p>The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a...
- Originally submitted as a project for the AI Safety Fundamentals AI Governance course in April 2025; edited and somewhat expanded for publication on the EA Forum in July 2025. Thanks to Yip Fai Tse, Arturs Kanepajs, Max Taylor, Constance Li, Kevin Xia, Adrià Moret and Sam Tucker-Davis for advice and suggestions before and/or after the writing of this piece. Introduction.
- Newspaper announcements that give a taste of relationship breakdowns. The post Runaway wives in 1700s Pennsylvania appeared first on Otherwise.
- MSEP is a free, open-source platform for designing and simulating atomically precise nanomechanical systems — a tool for exploring the foundations of future physical technologies.
- At Greener by Default, you will be working towards the ambitious goal of completely transforming institutional foodservice - and the food system as a whole - by making plant-based food the default. We recognize that the fate of humans, animals, and ecosystems are bound together, and strive to create a food system that will allow all life on earth to flourish.
- This analysis provides an accessible reading of the EU’s new Codes of Practice for General-Purpose AI, which help model providers comply with the AI Act’s provisions. Our focus is on the Safety and Security Code. The post What’s in the European Union’s Codes of Practice for Governing General-Purpose AI? appeared first on The Future Society.
- Thanks to Neel Nanda and Helena Casademunt for feedback on a draft. In a previous post, I argued that some interpretability researchers should prioritize showcasing downstream applications of interpretability work; I call this type of research practical interpretability. How should we pick promising downstream applications for practical interpretability researchers to target?
- Twitter | Paper PDF. Seven years ago, OpenAI five had just been released, and many people in the AI safety community expected AIs to be opaque RL agents. Luckily, we ended up with reasoning models that speak their thoughts clearly enough for us to follow along (most of the time).
- How Trump is killing millions of people and why few people care
- Key Takeaways Ethical persuasion is a learnable skill. Persuasion is a skill like any other, and it is possible both to learn how to do...
- I spend a lot of time talking to philanthropists about how to donate, and one trend I have noticed, particularly with smart but new-to-grantmaking folks, is the trend below.
- Cause humility, no AI moratorium, Gavi needs funding View this email in your browser Hello! Our favourite links this month include: The US withdrew funding from Gavi, which vaccinates half of the world’s children.
- We're looking for an excellent Development Manager to join our remote team, starting September 2025. The post HLI is recruiting a Development Manager! appeared first on Happier Lives Institute.
- Guinea pigs are popular companion animals, but little is known about their welfare in homes. Researchers examined data from over 1,000 guardians to see what kind of care their guinea pigs are given. The post How Do We Have Healthy, Happy Guinea Pigs? appeared first on Faunalytics.
- The post Rebuilding after apocalypse: What 13 experts say about bouncing back appeared first on 80,000 Hours.
- On the margins of the 2025 AI for Good Summit, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) organized an event on the International AI…
- Compassion in World Farming International is the leading international farm animal welfare charity, campaigning to improve the lives of millions of farm animals through advocacy, lobbying for legislative change, and positive engagement with the global food industry. Our established international Food Business programme aims to raise baseline standards for farm animals by securing commitments,...
- Thanks to support from Sightsavers and other organisations, millions of people in Senegal are no longer at risk from losing their sight to the eye disease.
- No one should have to suffer, no matter where they are. And if we can help more people with the same donation, then that’s the right thing to do. Watch Part I and Part II of The Skeptic in our profile now. Or check out our giving pledges, to give to the charities that can help others the most at gwwc.org/pledge...
- It'll be too slow and too late for the timeframes that we need to decarbonise.
- ✻[Perfect stillness]✻.
- Anna and Ed are co-first authors for this work. We’re presenting these results as a research update for a continuing body of work, which we hope will be interesting and useful for others working on related topics. TL;DR:
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