EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

A friend of mine who worked as a social worker in a hospital told me a story that stuck with me. She had a conversation with an in-patient having a very difficult time. It was helpful, but as she wa…

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Sanaria Inc., developer of the PfSPZ malaria vaccine—a candidate demonstrating ~90% efficacy that could interrupt malaria transmission and be used for targeted geogrpahic malaria elimination—…

We at Rethink Priorities’ Animal Welfare Department want to ensure our work contributes to the animal advocacy movement to its full potential, so we’re seeking your feedback!

📊 To ensure we're brin…

TL;DR I'm going to be setting up an initiative where I offer free stays in a 25-ish person hostel to EA groups for community-building / burnout-recovery purposes. Hostel is Pardshaw Quaker Centre in…

I am deeply saddened to share that Gabrielle Young, a much-loved member of the EA NZ community and personal friend, died last month. This is an absolutely devastating loss, and o…

Shape and lead the future of effective altruism in the UK — apply to be the Director of EA UK.

The UK has the world's second-largest EA community, with London having the highest concentration of EAs…

About twice as many Americans think AI is likely to have a negative effect as a positive one. At a high level I agree: we're talking about computers that are smart in ways similar to people, and…

Recently, Anthropic released Opus 4 and said they couldn't rule out the model triggering ASL-3 safeguards due to the model's CBRN capabilities. That is, they say they couldn't rule out that this mod…

AI companies claim that their models are safe on the basis of dangerous capability evaluations. OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic publish reports intended to show their eval results and explain …

Crosspost from my blog.

I just got back from Effective Altruism Global London—a conference that brought together lots of different people trying to do good with their money and careers. It was an i…

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This post introduces Notify Health, an AIM-incubated charity that reduces vaccine-preventable child deaths in Nigeria via SMS and voice vaccination reminders.

Nigeria has the highest number of …

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Starting an Effective Altruism (EA) group might be one of the highest-impact opportunities available right now. Here's how you can get involved:

• University students: Apply to the Centre for Ef…

At EAG London 2024, Zach Robinson (CEA's new CEO) highlighted strengthening EA institutions as a top priority. One avenue is democratizing EA organisations. While there's been abstract discussion on…

Adam Becker recently published More Everything Forever. From the initial blurbs and early reactions, I expected it to be broadly representative of the now familiar leftist critique of Effective Altr…

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The purpose of this post is to summarize the achievements and learnings at Impact Ops in its first two years.

Impact Ops provides consultancy and hands-on support to help…

TLDR: This 6 million dollar TSU grant doesn’t seem to fit GiveWell's ethos and mission, and I don’t see the grant as high EV compared to other GiveWell grants.

Disclaimer: Despite my concerns I st…

TL;DR: Freelancing For Good is a platform and community for impact-driven freelancers, featuring a job board, Slack community, and vetted freelancer directory. We’re helping freelancers find meaning…

ACE is seeking a qualified independent consultant to conduct a feasibility study for our Charity Evaluations and Recommendations program. We are looking for a partner who is experienced with plannin…

We’re excited to announce SparkWell!

What is SparkWell?

SparkWell is an Anti Entropy program designed to help high-impact nonprofit projects test ideas, develop operational capabilities, and launch …

This is a Forum Team crosspost from Substack.

between status, power, and identity, is there any room for the real thing?

Dan Williams’ 2024 posts on altruism and cynicism struck a chord with me. …