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80000 Hours hosts 80,000 Hours - Narrations, a technology show with 231 episodes published.
Explore how careers in biosecurity research, policy, and entrepreneurship can help reduce risks like engineered pandemics. Narrated by AI. --- Outline: (02:18) Recommended (02:27) Review status (02:32) Why work on pandem
Show notesWe all want to find a dream job that’s enjoyable and meaningful, but what does that actually mean? Some people imagine that the answer will come to them in a flash of insight, while others think what matters is that thei
Show notesWhat if your job was to think carefully about the long-term future of humanity? Macrostrategy research is one of the most neglected (and potentially most important) career paths focused on tackling the world's most press
Show notesThe future of AI is difficult to predict. But while AI systems could have substantial positive effects, there's a growing consensus about the dangers of AI. Narrated by the author. --- Outline: (00:00) Risks from power-s
Show notesWhen most people think about working on AI safety, they picture researchers and policy wonks. But there's a quieter, often overlooked path that may actually have more impact — and it's desperately short of talent. AI saf
Show notesWhen most people think about working on AI safety, they picture research and policy. But there's another, often overlooked path that may actually have more impact — AI safety fieldbuilders are the people who recruit, tra
Show notesWinning elections is one of the most direct levers on the world's biggest problems — and the field is more open to talented newcomers than you'd think. We make the case for why impact-driven people are exactly what polit
Show notesWhat if the next decade doesn't gradually ease us into an AI future, but catapults us through a century's worth of change in less than ten years? This article explores three interconnected 'explosions' that could unfold
Show notesPower is already concentrated today: over 800 million people live on less than $3 a day, the three richest men in the world are worth over $1 trillion, and almost six billion people live in countries without free and fai
Show notesThe US government may be the single most important actor for shaping how AI develops. If you want to improve the trajectory of AI and reduce catastrophic risks, you could have an outsized impact by working on US policy.
Show notesThe arrival of AGI could “compress a century of progress in a decade”, forcing humanity to make decisions with higher stakes than we’ve ever seen before — and with less time to get them right. But AI development also pre
Show notesSummary The arrival of AGI could “compress a century of progress in a decade”, forcing humanity to make decisions with higher stakes than we’ve ever seen before — and with less time to get them right. But AI development
Show notesThe arrival of AGI could “compress a century of progress in a decade”, forcing humanity to make decisions with higher stakes than we’ve ever seen before — and with less time to get them right. But AI development also pre
Show notesThis path involves aiming to found new organisations that aim to tackle bottlenecks in the problems we think are most pressing. In particular, it involves identifying an idea, testing it, and then helping to build an org
Show notesThe future of AI is difficult to predict. But while AI systems could have substantial positive effects, there's a growing consensus about the dangers of AI. Narrated by AI. --- Outline: (01:45) Summary (02:38) Our overal
Show notesThe recording may not reflect the most recent changes to this article. Why is it that humans, and not chimpanzees, control the fate of the world? Humans have shaped every corner of our planet. Chimps, despite being prett
Show notesThe future of AI is difficult to predict. But while AI systems could have substantial positive effects, there's a growing consensus about the dangers of AI. Narrated by AI. --- Outline: (01:42) Summary (02:34) Our overal
Show notesAbout half of people are worried they'll lose their job to AI. And they're right to be concerned: AI can now complete real-world coding tasks on GitHub, generate photorealistic video, drive a taxi more safely than humans
Show notesBeing an early employee at a startup is similar to being a startup founder, except (i) the impact and financial return are usually lower (ii) the risk is lower and (iii) the personal demands are lower. It's a promising p
Show notesOn July 16, 1945, humanity had a disturbing first: scientists tested a technology — nuclear weapons — that could cause the destruction of civilisation. Since the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, humanity hasn’t launche
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