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  1. 05/05/2023 In the Media

    80,000 Hours podcast: Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world

    “By the time that the AIs can do 20% of cognitive tasks in the broader economy, maybe they can already do 40% or 50% of tasks specifically in AI R&D. So they could have already really started accelerating the pace of progress by the time we get to that 20% economic impact threshold.

    At that point you could easily imagine that really it’s just one year, you give them a 10x bigger brain. That’s like going from chimps to humans — and then doing that jump again. That could easily be enough to go from [AIs being able to do] 20% [of cognitive tasks] to 100%, just intuitively. I think that’s kind of the default, really.”

  2. 03/16/2023 In the Media

    Inside Philanthropy: How Effective is Effective Altruism? A Deep Dive Into Two of Open Philanthropy’s EA-Inspired Programs

    “Bollard appreciates the progress, particularly in corporate and legislative arenas, but cautioned that there’s still much work ahead. Domestically, there’s no national law, and the meat industry has tremendous power. Some retailers are farther along than others. Globally, protections are still ‘either missing or growing.’

    As work continues, ‘The jury is still out,’ he said.

  4. 01/06/2022 In the Media

    Devex: Open Philanthropy launches programs for South Asia, global aid work

    “Influential research and grant-making organization Open Philanthropy announced this week that it has hired lead officers for its first ‘new causes’ in more than five years: South Asian air quality and global aid advocacy. The group expects the two programs to support its efforts to cost-effectively direct millions of dollars toward grants aimed at boosting incomes or increasing the years of healthy life for the world’s lowest-income people.”

  6. 08/26/2021 In the Media

    80,000 Hours: Holden Karnofsky on Building Aptitudes and Kicking Ass

    “Holden Karnofsky helped create two of the most influential organisations in the effective philanthropy world. So when he outlines a different perspective on career advice than the one we present at 80,000 Hours — we take it seriously…Holden prefers to focus on ‘aptitudes’ that you can build in all sorts of different roles and cause areas, which can later be applied more directly.”

  7. 08/19/2021 In the Media

    80,000 Hours: Holden Karnofsky on the Most Important Century

    “Holden Karnofsky — founder of charity evaluator GiveWell and foundation Open Philanthropy — hopes to lay out part of the worldview that’s driving the strategy and grantmaking of Open Philanthropy’s longtermist team, and encourage more people to join his efforts to positively shape humanity’s future.”

  8. 07/12/2021 In the Media

    80,000 Hours: Alexander Berger on Improving Global Health and Wellbeing in Clear and Direct Ways

    “Today’s guest, Alexander Berger, leads Open Philanthropy’s ‘Global Health and Wellbeing’ programme, where he oversees around $175 million in grants each year, and ultimately aspires to disburse billions in the most impactful ways he and his team can identify. This programme is the flagship effort representing one major effective altruist approach: try to improve the health and wellbeing of humans and animals that are alive today, in clearly identifiable ways, applying an especially analytical and empirical mindset.”