EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

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“In a time of rapid change, we should re-examine system-level interventions” by jackva

Mar 09 2025 2 mins

Watching what is happening in the world -- with lots of renegotiation of institutional norms within Western democracies and a parallel fracturing of the post-WW2 institutional order -- I do think we, as a community, should more seriously question our priors on the relative value of surgical/targeted and broad system-level interventions. Speaking somewhat roughly, with EA as a mov

“The Short Timelines Strategy for AI Safety University Groups” by Josh Thorsteinson

Mar 08 2025 12 mins

Advice for AI safety university group organizers. Acknowledgements I collected most of these ideas in early January while attending OASIS 4.0, a three-day workshop for AI safety university group organizers in Berkeley, CA. Thank you to everyone who gave their input, and a special thanks to Cole Salvador, Jeremy Kintana, Neav Topaz, Tzu Kit Chan, and Chris Tardy for your feedback on

“Emergency pod: Judge plants a legal time bomb under OpenAI (with Rose Chan Loui)” by 80000_Hours

Mar 07 2025 3 mins

We just published an interview: Emergency pod: Judge plants a legal time bomb under OpenAI (with Rose Chan Loui). Listen on Spotify, watch on Youtube, or click through for other audio options, the transcript, and related links. Episode summary …if the judge thinks that the attorney general is not acting for some political reason, and they really should be, she could appoint a �

“Anthropic’s submission to the White House’s Request for Proposals on AI” by Agustín Covarrubias 🔸

Mar 07 2025 1 mins

This is a link post. Anthropic just published their submission to the Request for Information for a new US AI Action Plan (OSTP RFI). It's 10 pages total and focuses on strengthening the US AISI (and broadly government capacity to test models), strengthening export controls (with some very concrete proposals), enhancing lab security through standards, scaling up energy infrastruct

“Open Philanthropy: Our Progress in 2024 and Plans for 2025” by Open Philanthropy

Mar 06 2025 4 mins

This is a link post. 2024 marked 10 years since we launched Open Philanthropy. We spent our first decade learning (about grantmaking, cause selection, and the history of philanthropy), and growing our team and expertise to be able to effectively deploy billions of dollars from Good Ventures, our main funder. Our early grants — and some grantees we’ve helped get started — are

“What the Headlines Miss About the Latest Decision in the Musk vs. OpenAI Lawsuit” by Garrison

Mar 06 2025 12 mins

This is a link post. This is the full text of a post from "The Obsolete Newsletter," a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence. I’m a freelance journalist and the author of a forthcoming book called Obsolete: Power, Profit, and the Race to Build Machine Superintelligence. Consider subscribing to stay up to date with my

“An extremely brief history of the National Woman’s Party” by OllieBase

Mar 05 2025 5 mins

Back in September, I was looking up examples of movements who experience "winters" which are then revived. [1] I found a wonderful 1989 paper [2]covering the post-war activities of the National Woman's Party (NWP). The author argues that the NWP basically kept the feminism movement afloat between suffrage and civil rights victories, and that it played an important role as an "abey

“Job: Executive Director of CEEALAR (EA Hotel)” by CEEALAR

Mar 05 2025 4 mins

Full time A salary of £40,000-£50,000, pro rata, depending on experience. For exceptional candidates, further negotiation is possible. Blackpool, UK (with potential for significant time spent remote) Apply by 31st March To start ~1st May 2025 Apply here Looking for your next high-impact role? We are looking for a highly dynamic and strategic individual to lead CEEALAR's growt

“Yes, Shrimp Matter” by Vasco Grilo🔸

Mar 05 2025 18 mins

This is a link post. This is a crosspost for Yes, Shrimp Matter by Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla, which was originally published on Asterisk in January 2025. [Subtitle.] What made a private equity analyst decide to devote his life to tiny aquatic crustaceans? I left private equity to work on shrimp welfare. When I tell anyone this, they usually think I've lost my mind. I know the feeli

“Retrospective: Letter-writing campaign to MPs on the Victorian Pig Welfare Inquiry” by Aditi Basu, Monika Janinski

Mar 05 2025 15 mins

Summary This retrospective highlights a letter-writing campaign by Effective Animal Advocacy Australia (EAAA), conducted from September to November 2024, in support of recommended reforms from the Victorian Pig Welfare Inquiry. Our community advocated for the establishment of an Independent Office of Animal Protection and a ban on farrowing crates. Over 50 individuals wrote to 23