10 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American AI safety researcher and forecaster — Research Associate at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute — who is considered the most analytically rigorous thinker in the effective altruism and AI safety community — whose interview with Dwarkesh became one of the most discussed AI podcasts ever recorded.
British researcher and podcaster at 80,000 Hours — who hosts the Hear This Idea podcast — working on longtermism and AI safety.
New Zealand-American animal welfare policy analyst — strategy lead at Open Philanthropy's Farm Animal Welfare program — the most influential funder working to reduce factory farming through strategic philanthropy.
American-British economist — DPhil student at Oxford — associated with the Global Priorities Institute — who works on the economics of long-run welfare and patient philanthropy.
American entrepreneur — co-founder and former CEO of FTX (bankrupt 2022) — convicted of fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in 2023 (sentenced to 25 years) — who combined effective altruism rhetoric with large-scale financial fraud.
British philosopher at Oxford — author of The Precipice — co-founder of Giving What We Can — who focuses on existential risk (threats that could permanently destroy civilization) and is a leading figure in the longtermism movement.
Scottish philosopher at Oxford — co-founder of the effective altruism movement and 80,000 Hours — author of Doing Good Better and What We Owe the Future — who has directed hundreds of millions in charitable giving through his ideas and has been both the primary builder and a primary cause of the FTX/EA reputational crisis.
The philanthropic organization funded by Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna that applies rigorous, cause-neutral analysis to maximize philanthropic impact — the primary funder of AI safety research and much of the effective altruism movement.
Oxford philosopher who co-founded the effective altruism movement and 80,000 Hours — and whose later work on longtermism argues that reducing existential risk is the most pressing moral priority.
AI safety researcher at Open Philanthropy whose 'biological anchors' framework for forecasting transformative AI timelines became the most widely discussed quantitative AI timeline model in the EA/AI safety community.