80k After Hours

This is a selection of highlights from episode #179 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let...

Matt, Bella, and Cody sit down with Chana Messinger to find out what she does, how to insulate ourselves from harsh realities, and whether pub trivia is complete waste of time. You can find Chana’s long-defunct blog at: https://themerelyreal.wordpress.com/ Update February 20, 2024: The 'steelman' bounty has been claimed! You can also find a full video of this episode here .

This is a selection of highlights from episode #178 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #177 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and accelerationist camps And if you're finding these h...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #146 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren’t conscious And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #176 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Nathan Labenz on the final push for AGI, understanding OpenAI’s leadership drama, and red-teaming frontier models And if you're finding these high...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #175 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Lucia Coulter on preventing lead poisoning for $1.66 per child And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by ema...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #174 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers And if you're finding these highlights episode...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #173 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable,...

In this episode of 80k After Hours, Benjamin Hilton reads his AI safety technical research career review. Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more . You might also want to check out: The AI safety starter pack Our problem profile on AI risk The 80,000 Hours Podcast on Artificial Intelligence (a collection of 10 key AI episodes from our podcast) Edited by Simon Monsour.

This is a selection of highlights from episode #147 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Spencer Greenberg on stopping valueless papers from getting into top journals And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let...

"The very first office we had was just a balcony in an Oxford College dining hall. It was totally open to the dining hall, so every lunch and dinner time it would be super noisy because it'd be like 200 people all eating below us. And then I think we just had a bit where we just didn't have an office, so we worked out of the canteen in the library for at least three months or something. And then i...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #172 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Bryan Caplan on why you should stop reading the news And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podc...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #148 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Johannes Ackva on unfashionable climate interventions that work, and fashionable ones that don’t And if you're finding these highlights episodes v...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #171 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures And if you're finding these highlights episodes valua...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #170 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Santosh Harish on how air pollution is responsible for ~12% of global deaths — and how to get that number down And if you're finding these highlig...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #169 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels And if you're finding these highlights episod...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #168 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Ian Morris on whether deep history says we’re heading for an intelligence explosion And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, plea...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #167 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, ple...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #166 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Tantum Collins on what he’s learned as an AI policy insider at the White House, DeepMind and elsewhere And if you're finding these highlights epis...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #165 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Anders Sandberg on war in space, whether civilisations age, and the best things possible in our universe And if you're finding these highlights ep...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #164 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives And if you're finding these...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #163 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Toby Ord on the perils of maximising the good that you do And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #162 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Mustafa Suleyman on getting Washington and Silicon Valley to tame AI And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know...

This is a selection of highlights from episode #161 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast . These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Michael Webb on whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower incomes, and higher inequality — or the opposite And if you're finding these highlights...