EA Talks
Patrick Brinich-Langlois
Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways you can best help others, whether through your charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Talks features presentations and discussions that can help you find something you're excited about. Lately, we've been focusing a lot on new opportunities in pandemic prevention, charity entrepreneurship, and AI safety. But we also have talks on other important topics like animal welfare, global health, nuclear security, climate change, and cause prioritization research. Most of the content is from EA Global videos, packaged for easy listening on the go. If you have feedback or would like to suggest an episode, please reach out.
Episodes
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Nov 3, 2017 • 39min
EAG 2017 SF: Opening talk (Will MacAskill)
Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 35min
EAG 2017 SF: EAs in entrepreneurship (panel)
Svetha Janumpalli – Founder & CEO, New Incentives Eric Gastfriend – Founder & CEO, DynamiCare Health Bruce Friedrich – Executive Director, The Good Food Institute; Founding Partner, New Crop Capital Spencer Greenberg – Founder & CEO, Spark Wave; Founder, ClearerThinking.orgSource: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 37min
EAG 2017 SF: EA community building (Nick Beckstead)
EA Community Building with Nick Beckstead, Program Officer at Open Philanthropy Project.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 53min
EAG 2017 SF: Diversity in EA, and lightning talks
Diversity and teams by Georgia Ray and Sunday Lightning Talks.Notes from Georgia Ray’s talk can be found here.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 50min
EAG 2017 SF: Working in AI (multiple speakers)
Working in AI with Jan Leike, Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Malo Bourgonm, Miles Brundage, and Helen Toner.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 17min
EAG 2017 SF: AI safety (Katja Grace)
Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 23min
EAG 2017 SF: Why effective altruists should care about global governance (Kristian Rönn)
Because these risks transcend national borders, we need new global solutions that our current systems of global governance struggle to deliver.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 1h 3min
EAG 2017 SF: Fireside chat (Holden Karnofsky with William MacAskill)
Fireside chat with Holden Karnofsky, the Executive Director of the Open Philanthropy Project.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 30min
EAG 2017 SF: Global Farm Animal Welfare Opportunities (Lewis Bollard)
EAs have traditionally focused on the plight of factory farmed animals in the US. But there are many more globally: about 13X as many land farmed animals, and roughly 140X as many farmed fish. What can we do to help them? I’ll explore the opportunities in China, Brazil, India, and other major emerging economies.Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
Nov 3, 2017 • 27min
EAG 2017 SF: What does (and doesn’t) AI mean for effective altruism? (Owen Cotton-Barratt)
The development of strong AI could be pivotal for the future. This has led many within EA to think it’s important to try to ensure good outcomes. But we have large uncertainties about how and when AI will be developed.This talk will explore this perspective, asking: (i) What portfolio of work we should be pursuing to take the low-hanging fruit for all plausible scenarios? (ii) What types of work not ostensibly focused on AI are particularly important even if the argument for the importance of AI is correct?Source: Effective Altruism Global (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.
