This is a selection of highlights from episode #160 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #159 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Jan Leike on OpenAI’s massive push to make superintelligence safe in 4 years or less

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #158 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Holden Karnofsky on how AIs might take over even if they’re no smarter than humans, and his four-part playbook for AI risk

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #157 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Ezra Klein on existential risk from AI and what DC could do about it

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #156 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Markus Anderljung on how to regulate cutting-edge AI models

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #155 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Lennart Heim on the compute governance era and what has to come after

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #154 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Rohin Shah on DeepMind and trying to fairly hear out both AI doomers and doubters

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In this episode of 80k After Hours,  Luisa Rodriguez and Alex Lawsen discuss common mistakes people make when trying to do good with their careers, and advice on how to avoid them.

Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.

They cover:

• Taking 80,000 Hours’ rankings too seriously
• Not trying hard enough to fail
• Feeling like you need to optimise for having the most impact *now*
• Feeling like you need to work directly on AI immediately
• Not taking a role because you think you’ll be replaceable
• Constantly considering other career options
• Overthinking or over-optimising career choices
• Being unwilling to think things through for yourself
• Ignoring conventional career wisdom
• Doing community work even if you’re not suited to it

Who this episode is for:

• People who want to pursue a high-impact career
• People wondering how much AI progress should change their plans
• People who take 80,000 Hours’ career advice seriously

Who this episode isn’t for:

• People not taking 80k's career advice seriously enough
• People who've never made any career mistakes
• People who don't want to hear Alex say "I said a bunch of stuff, maybe some of it's true" every time he's on the podcast

Get this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80k After Hours into your podcasting app.

Producer and editor: Keiran Harris
Audio Engineering Lead: Ben Cordell
Technical editing: Milo McGuire and Dominic Armstrong
Additional content editing: Luisa Rodriguez and Katy Moore
Transcriptions: Katy Moore

This is a selection of highlights from episode #153 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Elie Hassenfeld on two big picture critiques of GiveWell’s approach, and six lessons from their recent work

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #152 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

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Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion

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