EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

Tom Davidson from Forethought Research and I have a new paper responding to some recent skeptical takes on the Singularity Hypothesis (e.g. this one). Roughly half the paper is p…

(This is the video and transcript of a public talk I gave at Mox in San Francisco in July 2025, on long-term equilibria post-AGI. It's a longer version of the talk I gave at this…

The brand NestFresh eggs has just started selling eggs from in-ovo sexed hens in the US. Right now, they are only available at some Whole Foods locations in the Southwest, soon t…

Sometimes working on animal issues feels like an uphill battle, with alternative protein losing its trendy status with VCs, corporate campaigns hitting blocks in enforcement and veganism being stuck…

Originally submitted as a project for the AI Safety Fundamentals AI Governance course in April 2025; edited and somewhat expanded for publication on the EA Forum in July 2025.

Thanks to Yip Fai Tse,…

This poll was linked in the July edition of the Effective Altruism Newsletter. If you haven't got your newsletter yet, it'll be with you in a few hours.

Linkpost as I am mostly writting on substack now.

TL;DR:
NGOs have a unique advantage over for-profits in their ability to cooperate and build common goods, yet few fully levera…

There is an important consultation happening right now on revising EU animal welfare laws - covering cages, import standards, male chick culling, and welfare indicators. If you're an EU Citizen, I e…

Since January I’ve applied to ~25 EA-aligned roles. Every listing attracted hundreds of candidates (one passed 1,200). It seems we already have a very deep bench of motivated, values-aligned people,…

As we mark one year since the launch of Mieux Donner, we wanted to share some reflections on our journey and our ongoing efforts to promote effective giving in France. Mieux Donner was founded throu…

Key takeaway

We need less breadth and more depth. Much of the early growth and success of the movement at the intersection of AI, animals and digital minds has come from exchanging ideas, people and…

TLDR: On a VERY rough Sanity check[1], GiveWell's New Incentives “lived saved” numbers seem perhaps twice as high as is plausible.

On seeing this wonderful graph from a GiveWell Back-check of New I…

This seems like an important piece of work - an RCT on the use of AI capabilities for developers. The TL;DR of the paper is

The devil is in the details of course. This post by St…

Thank you to @Jacintha Baas, @Judith Rensing, and the @CE team for your help in editing and improving this post.

Introductory Context

Hi, I’m Trish. This is my first post on the EA forum. I spent the…

I'm interested in a simple question: Why are people all so terrified of dying? And have people gotten more afraid? (Answer: probably yes!)

In some sense, this should be surprisin…

I think the 2003 invasion of Iraq has some interesting lessons for the future of AI policy.

(Epistemic status: I’ve read a bit about this, talked to AIs about it, and talked to one natsec profession…

TLDR: July 21-27 will be a themed week on the EA Forum for posting career-related quick takes and posts. We'll also have career advisors available throughout the week to answer questions.

Last time…

Living in New Zealand can sometimes feel like an obstacle to doing good effectively. We’re far from the EA hubs in the UK/US, and from opportunities for direct work on global hea…

This is a crosspost of a recent post by Hannah Yang, FP Research's comms lead, on Founders Pledge's website.

I thought it was important to post this on the Forum because it's unclear to me what peop…