EA Talks

How can we find the most promising ways to help others with our money and time? Owen Cotton-Barratt uses the metaphor of mining for gold to show some tools for answering this question. This was the keynote speech at the EAGxOxford 2016 conference that took place at Oxford University. Click here to view the talk with the video and slideshow. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

This talk is part of the EAGxOxford 2016 conference (www.eagxoxford.com) that took place at the Examination Schools in Oxford University.The recordings were produced by 'Speeding Films' and ‘The Hideout’.View the video here.  Find out how to attend EA Global: https://www.eaglobal.org/. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Ajeya Cotra introduces the core principles of effective altruism.This talk was taken from EA GxBerkeley 2016. Click here to watch the talk with the video.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Habiba Islam is a member of 80,000 Hours' advising team. She previously served as the Senior Administrator for the Future of Humanity Institute and the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford. Before that, she qualified as a barrister and worked in management consulting, specialising in operations for public and third sector clients.This talk was first published by the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Click here to view it with the video. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Johannes Ackva joined the research team of Founders Pledge in 2019. He brings five years of experience working in a think tank advising decision-makers on climate policy, and has researched the intersection between effective and feasible climate policies. Johannes holds an M.A. in social sciences from the University of Chicago and an M.Sc. in Sociology with a focus on research methods from the Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology at the University of Groningen.This talk was first published by the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Click here to view it with the slideshow. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering, and Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI. His book "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" (with Peter Norvig) is the standard text in AI, used in 1500 universities in 135 countries. His research covers a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence, with a current emphasis on the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. This talk was first published by the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Click here to view it with the slideshow. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Ajeya Cotra is a Senior Research Analyst at Open Philanthropy. She’s currently thinking about how difficult it may be to ensure AI systems pursue the right goals. Previously, she worked on a framework for estimating when transformative AI may be developed, as well as various cause prioritization and worldview diversification projects. She joined Open Philanthropy in July 2016 as a Research Analyst. Ajeya received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, where she co-founded the Effective Altruists of Berkeley student group and taught a course on effective altruism.This video was first published by the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Brett, Marinella, and Arthur present on effective interventions for water treatment, followed by a panel discussion.Speakers: Brett Sedgewick, Marinella Capriati, Arthur Baker, Tony SenanayakeLearn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.orgFind out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Amy speaks to the value about prioritizing 1 on 1 meetings, her excitement about the growth of the effective altruism community and EA Global conferences, and announces that community events grants were approved for EAGx Mexico and EAGx India.Will takes a short trip down memory lane, covers how to make the most out of EA Global conferences, encourages being ambitious and thinking of the the incredible opportunity to do good in the world as an enormous responsibility, covers some risks to EA culture, and provides examples of highly successful projects in the effective altruism space.Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.orgFind out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Addressing aquatic animal welfare is important, as it is highly neglected, and tractable. Estimates vary, but there are approximately 100 billion fin fish and 350-400 billion shrimps farmed annually, which is far more than all of the land animals combined (more than 7x as many at the upper estimation). For the most part, farmed aquatic animals are treated like inanimate objects - their suffering is almost unimaginable.This session covers why aquatic animal welfare is critical to address, and some of the priority interventions that can alleviate vast amounts of suffering.Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.orgFind out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.orgThis talk was taken from EA Global: London 2022. Click here to watch the talk with the PowerPoint presentation.Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.