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Nine: Benjamin Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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Is It a Ten Thousand Times Harder to Make Progress on Ai Safety Than on Climate Change?

Rilly: It doesn't seem like it's a ten thousand times harder to make progress on on ai safety than on climate change. In fact, actually, it seems, if anything, easier because the field is so much smaller. He says we should be reluctant to draw such a strong conclusion from evidence that doesn't seem super compelling. Rilly: For someone who really does care about helping the long time future, there then able to have weigh more impact than normal from a long temis point of view.

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