Hi! We’re Chana and Aric, from the new 80,000 Hours video program.

For over a decade, 80,000 Hours has been talking about the world's most pressing problems in newsletters, articles and many extremely lengthy podcasts.

But today's world calls for video, so we’ve started a video program[1], and we’re so excited to tell you about it!

80,000 Hours is launching AI in Context, a new YouTube channel hosted by Aric Floyd. Together with associated Instagram and TikTok accounts, the channel will aim to inform, entertain, and energize with a mix of long and shortform videos about the risks of transformative AI, and what people can do about them.

[Chana has also been experimenting with making shortform videos, which you can check out here; we’re still deciding on what form her content creation will take]

We hope to bring our own personalities and perspectives on these issues [...]

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(00:17) About the program

(01:40) Our first long-form video

(03:14) Strategy and future of the video program

(04:18) Subscribing and sharing

(04:57) Request for feedback

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