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Research & Updates
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April 2013
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“Dylan Matthews, Staff Reporter, Wonkblog at the Washington Post”
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April 10, 2013
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Other Areas
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June 2023
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(Request for Information) Evaluation of Germicidal Far-UVC: Safety, Efficacy, Technology, and Adoption
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June 09, 2023
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Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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December 2019
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10 Years of Progress for Farm Animals
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December 06, 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2023
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12 Tentative Ideas for US AI Policy
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April 17, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2017
December 2018
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2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 12, 2018
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Global Health & Development
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December 2019
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2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 06, 2019
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Global Health & Development
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December 2020
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 11, 2020
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Global Health & Development
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November 2021
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2021 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities: Why We’re Giving More Going Forward
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November 19, 2021
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GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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May 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us
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May 12, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways
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July 12, 2021
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications
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October 05, 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
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August 26, 2021
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August 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: 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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August 01, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
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August 19, 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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May 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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May 19, 2023
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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November 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Santosh Harish on how air pollution is responsible for ~12% of global deaths — and how to get that number down
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November 01, 2023
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Global Public Health Policy
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May 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world
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May 05, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2021
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80,000 Hours: Lewis Bollard on big wins against factory farming and how they happened
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February 15, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2023
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A Big Supreme Court Win for Farm Animals
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May 12, 2023
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Farm Animal Welfare
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December 2023
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A Case Study on Insecticide-Treated Bednets
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December 01, 2023
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Global Health & Development
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April 2014
August 2012
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A Conversation about Vaccination: Violaine Mitchell, Interim Director, Country Immunization Programs
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August 20, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2015
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A Conversation with Members of the Effective Altruists of Berkeley at UC Berkeley – a Student Group –
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June 19, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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June 2015