EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

Introducing our newest recommended ideas

We are excited to recommend six new impactful charities for the February 2026 cohort of the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program.

During the first ha…

Overview

Phlourish aims to expand mental health support for Filipinos through cost-effective interventions. From piloting to launching a guided self-help program for adolescents, we have reached mor…

If you want the long-term future to go well by the lights of a certain value function, you might be tempted to try to align AGI(s) to your own values (broadly construed, including your deliberative …

With contributions from Vitalik Buterin, Anthony Aguirre, Allison Duettmann, Deger Turan, Emilia Javorsky, and more

What kinds of futures are possible if we steer AI in different directions, and wha…

My new book, Altruismo racional, is now on presale. It is my attempt at presenting a compelling case for a particular strand of "classical EA"[1]: one that emphasizes caring deeply about global heal…

Introduction

We read countless times that AI Safety needs people from all backgrounds, but if you're not coming from a technical background, the path forward is not so clear.

Over the past year, I su…

Epistemic status: Highly uncertain and speculative—I’d appreciate thoughts on which parts strike you as least or most plausible.

Abstract

Digital minds are computer systems with the capacity for wel…

If an intelligence explosion occurs, the vast majority of people will be confused, misled, and epistemically disempowered – with no agency over the future. Unless we try to chang…

What projects today could most improve a post-AGI world?

In “How to make the future better”, I lay out some areas I see as high-priority, beyond reducing risks from AI takeover and engineered pandem…

Disclaimer: CEARCH itself does some work related to effective giving in Asia, and there is an inherent risk of bias to this evaluation. Beyond doing our best to remain impartial throughout the resea…

About the Event

EA Summit: Santiago 2025 took place on July 19 at the Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile. It was a one-day event focused on:

• Providing an accessible and low cost entry …

Summary

• 🤰🏽 A randomized study in Kenya found that giving families a $1,000 GiveDirectly cash transfer immediately cut infant deaths by 48%.
• 🏥 Deaths dropped most for mothers living near physician-s…

If you are an organization that:

1. Has demonstrated initial success in a cost-effective global health intervention and has the potential and willingness to scale; and
2. Is at an inflection point, has …

We surveyed experts about the future of digital minds — computer systems capable of subjective experiences.

The survey explored a wide range of difficult and speculative question…

Executive Summary

Aquatic animals—fish, shrimp, crabs, and other decapods—are the most numerous animals farmed for food, yet they receive just 11 % of global farmed animal welfare philanthropy (whic…

Introducing the 'Unweirding Boards' Sequence

Over the past three months I’ve spoken with ~30 founders, board members, and staff at EA organisations, in an attempt to better understand what governanc…

TL;DR: We've updated the EA Opportunities Board and migrated it over to effectivealtruism.org! 🙌

• For organizations: submit opportunities to add to the board
• For group organizers: r…

I’m a long-time GiveWell donor and an ethical vegan. In a recent GiveWell podcast on livelihoods programs, providing animals as “productive assets” was mentioned as a possible program type. After re…

Note: I work at MIRI, but not on the comms team. I don’t work on the book directly and am writing this post in my personal capacity, but do think it would be great if a lot of people read the book.

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