80,000 Hours Podcast

#174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers

#173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe

#172 – Bryan Caplan on why you should stop reading the news

This podcast explores the downsides of consuming too much negative news. It promotes building a well-rounded understanding of current events from both traditional and alternative sources. It emphasizes finding alternative activities to the consumption of news that can lead to enhanced well-being, such as reading great ...

#171 – Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures

#170 – Santosh Harish on how air pollution is responsible for ~12% of global deaths — and how to get that number down

#169 – Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels

#168 – Ian Morris on whether deep history says we're heading for an intelligence explosion

#167 – Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption

#166 – Tantum Collins on what he’s learned as an AI policy insider at the White House, DeepMind and elsewhere

#165 – Anders Sandberg on war in space, whether civilisations age, and the best things possible in our universe

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

Great power conflict (Article)

#163 – Toby Ord on the perils of maximising the good that you do

The 80,000 Hours Career Guide (2023)

#162 – Mustafa Suleyman on getting Washington and Silicon Valley to tame AI

#161 – Michael Webb on whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower incomes, and higher inequality — or the opposite

This podcast episode explores the potential growth and impact of AI on various aspects of society, including the economy, job market, education, and the arts. The speaker acknowledges the possibility of significant economic changes but expresses skepticism about the extent of AI's transformative power. They emphasize t...

#160 – Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment

#159 – Jan Leike on OpenAI's massive push to make superintelligence safe in 4 years or less

We now offer shorter 'interview highlights' episodes

#158 – Holden Karnofsky on how AIs might take over even if they're no smarter than humans, and his 4-part playbook for AI risk