If you haven't heard of effective altruism (EA), it is a utilitarian philosophy where a bunch of academics and researchers try to calculate what you should do with your career if you are trying to have the highest social impact. The effective altruists came up with the notion that one very ethical option is actively trying to make as much money as possible and giving as much as you can away, which gave rise to the "Giving What We Can Pledge," which states that you promise to give at least 10% of your income away.

One big effective altruist group is an organization called 80,000 Hours which targets college graduates who are trying to figure out what to do with their careers and point them in the most ethical direction. They have a list of causes they believe are the most urgent to address, with "positively shaping the development of artificial intelligence" at the top of the list. 

We sit down with Deondre's friend Shreye who consulted this website and used its principles to shape his career, and he now works as a data scientist on artificial intelligence. We talk about the politics of who gets to decide what "ethical" means, whether we should prioritize human lives in the future as much as we value current human lives, and the concept of charity (addressing current problems like feeding and vaccinating people) vs. philanthropy (trying to solve the root causes of pervasive issues like hunger and pandemics).

Effective Altruism website: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

80,000 Hours' list of global priorities: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/#potentially_promising

Kiva, a great microfinancing organization to donate to that Shreye used to work for: https://www.kiva.org/

Music is The Beauty of Maths by Meydän.