EAG Talks

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The podcast currently has 213 episodes available.

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May 26, 2023 An overview of EA funding opportunities | Caleb Parikh | EAG Bay Area 23
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In this talk, Caleb is giving an overview of funding opportunities for projects within global health and wellbeing, animal welfare, EA infrastructure and existential security. He then talks about projects that he and other grantmakers are particularly excited about funding and what he looks for when assessing applications.
Caleb Parikh is the interim project lead at EA Funds. Caleb previously worked on epistemic community health at the Centre for Effective Altruism. He also worked on EA community building and global health policy and occasionally assists researchers and the Global Priorities Institute with mathematical modelling.
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55min
May 26, 2023 How to compare welfare across species | Bob Fischer | EAG Bay Area 23
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People farm a lot of pigs. They farm even more chickens. And if they don’t already, they’re soon to farm even more black soldier flies. How should EAs distribute their resources to address these problems? And how should EAs compare benefits to animals with benefits to humans?
This talk outlines a framework for answering these questions. Bob Fischer argues that we should use estimates of animals’ welfare ranges to compare how much good different interventions can accomplish. He also suggests some tentative welfare range estimates for several farmed species.
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52min
May 26, 2023 Discovering AI Risks with AIs | Ethan Perez | EAG Bay Area 23
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In this talk Ethan presents on how AI systems like ChatGPT can be used to help uncover potential risks in other AI systems, such as tendencies towards power-seeking, self-preservation, and sycophancy.
Ethan is a research scientist and team lead at Anthropic working on large language models, and his work aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes from advanced machine learning systems. He also spend some time at New York University (NYU) collaborating with Sam Bowman's group on AI safety research.

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54min
May 26, 2023 Preventing State Bioweapons Development & Use: Shaping Intentions | Jaime Yassif | EAG Bay Area 23
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To prevent severe biological events that could rise to the level of a global catastrophic biological risk (GCBR), it will be critical to prevent pandemics that could result from accidental or deliberate misuse of the tools of modern bioscience and biotechnology. State development and use of biological weapons is among the most likely potential sources of GCBRs, but international systems for preventing and constraining state bioweapons programs are weak.
This session is focusing on the actions the international community can take to address this challenge and disincentivize states from pursuing such programs.
Jaime Yassif serves as Vice President of NTI Global Biological Policy and Programs (NTI | bio). In this role, she oversees NTI | bio’s work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, strengthen biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and drive progress in advancing global health security.
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51min
May 26, 2023 Fireside chat: Russia, Ukraine and NATO | Rose Gottemoeller | EAG Bay Area 23
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A fireside chat with Rose Gottemoeller, the Steven Hazy Lecturer at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and former Deputy Secretary General of NATO.
Moderated by Carl Robichaud, the nuclear weapons policy programme officer at Longview Philanthropy, this conversation is exploring the topics of Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and the future of arms control.
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56min
May 26, 2023 Will AI end everything? A guide to guessing | Katja Grace | EAG Bay Area 23
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Katja gathers arguments, counterarguments, and counter-counterarguments into an educated estimate of AI risk.
Katja Grace co-founded AI Impacts, where she is the Lead Researcher. She co-wrote purportedly the 16th most discussed paper in the world in 2017, about a big survey of ML researchers, and blogs at worldspiritsockpuppet.com.
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40min
May 26, 2023 What's new in Open Philanthropy's GH&W work? | James Snowden & Norma Altshuler | EAG Bay Area 23
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James Snowden and Norma Altshuler give an overview of some of the exciting new work by Open Philanthropy’s global health and wellbeing team, including the launch of several new grantmaking programs.
We’ll then dive deep on one of those programs — Global Aid Policy. Norma Altshuler, who leads that work, outlines things she’s been learning about how to create change, and discuss takeaways about pursuing high-impact careers and contributing to policy change
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55min
May 26, 2023 Nuclear weapons: ethics, law, and the limits of safety | Scott D. Sagan | EAG Bay Area 23
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A talk by Scott D. Sagan, the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University
The talk is titled nuclear weapons: ethics, law, and the limits of safety in the 21st century
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May 26, 2023 Opening session: Toby Ord | Toby Ord | EAG Bay Area 23
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Join the organizers for a brief welcome, followed by a talk with Toby Ord, a philosopher at Oxford University.
Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org
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39min
May 26, 2023 Workshop: Impostor syndrome | Kat Woods | EAG Bay Area 23
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A hands-on workshop to help you with your impostor syndrome.
In this session, you’ll:
- Investigate the potential causes of your impostor syndrome
- Experiment with different techniques to eliminate your impostor syndrome
- Come up with a practical plan to implement these strategies in your life
Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org
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41min

FAQs about EAG Talks:

How many episodes does EAG Talks have?

The podcast currently has 213 episodes available.