EAG Talks

EAG Talks

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EAG Talks episodes

  • 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.

    54 min
  • 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.

    51 min
  • 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.

    56 min
  • 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.

    40 min
  • 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

    55 min
  • 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

    41 min
  • Workshop: Improve your decision-making | Spencer Greenberg | EAG Bay Area 23

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    Bring a decision you're grappling with to this interactive decision-making workshop. Spencer is teaching elements of good decision-making and have you apply them to a real decision you need to make.

    You can download the decision-making worksheet here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oI47...) and follow along with this workshop.
    Spencer is an entrepreneur and mathematician with a focus on improving human well-being through social science. He's the founder of ClearerThinking.org, which provides more than 70 free tools and training programs related to topics like decision-making and cognitive biases, used by hundreds of thousands of people. He's also the founder of Spark Wave, a startup foundry that creates novel software products from scratch designed to solve problems in the world.
    Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
    Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org

    22 min
  • GiveWell's new interventions | Olivia Larsen | EAG Bay Area 23

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    In 2022, GiveWell allocated over $80 million to 18 new interventions, including an RCT of footbridges in Rwanda, Kangaroo Mother Care, and in-line chlorination.

    In this talk, Olivia Larsen, GiveWell Philanthropy Advisor, is sharing about some of the more experimental grants that GiveWell is currently excited about–including funding RCTs, programs to build and scale future giving opportunities, and programs that work with outcome metrics outside of lives saved and incomes increased!
    Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
    Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org

    52 min

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