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Dave Doody

Pasadena, CA, USA
Websitehttps://linkedin.com/in/doody
Plant-based animal, newcomer to EA. Work as an engineer, instructor, proprietor, and author, all concurrently; 108,000 hours in career so far.
Friday, August 5
 

2:00pm PDT

Opening reception 2. Pauley Ballroom East

2:40pm PDT

80,000 Hours Career Workshop 5. Tilden RoomPeter McIntyre • Rob Wiblin

3:00pm PDT

Career targeting for software engineers 7. Bay ViewBuck Shlegeris How to change your mind 6. MandroneMiya Perry

4:40pm PDT

Corporate Activism: Discussion Session 7. Bay ViewGeorge Howlett Navigating intellectual disagreement I 6. MandroneMcKenzi Amodei

6:20pm PDT

Planning Under Uncertainty 7. Bay ViewStephen Frey Tactics and Strategies for Cooperative Conversation 6. MandroneTvsi Benson

7:20pm PDT

Opening announcement 2. Pauley Ballroom East

7:40pm PDT

Explaining concepts well 7. Bay ViewEric Rogstad How to Save the World While Still at School: EA Student Chapters 5. Tilden RoomDaniel Colson EA Origin Stories 6. Mandrone Academic Poster Q&A 2. Pauley Ballroom East
 
Saturday, August 6
 

9:00am PDT

Coffee & Snacks 1. Zellerbach Hall Registration 8. Lower Sproul

10:00am PDT

Opening Keynote 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill

11:40am PDT

Career choice panel: research, policy or earning to give? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMaria-Veronica Rojas • Jeff Kaufmann • Richard Parr • Rob Wiblin Lightning Talks I 4. Senate ChambersBlake Borgeson • Anders Huitfeld • Richard Mallah Opening: Philanthropy and technology 1. Zellerbach HallJaan Tallinn (Remote) 80,000 Hours - What's the most pressing problem in the world? 6. MandroneBen Todd Existential Risk Careers Beyond Research 5. Tilden RoomNiel Bowerman Starting Projects Workshop 7. Bay ViewBrian Kateman

12:00pm PDT

Philanthropy and Technology 1. Zellerbach HallErik Torenberg • Jaan Tallinn (Remote) • Howie Lempel • Luke Nosek • Garreth Spillane • Katrin Verclas

12:40pm PDT

Lunch 8. Lower Sproul

2:20pm PDT

Q&A with Philip Tetlock 1. Zellerbach HallPhilip Tetlock 80,000 Hours - What's the highest impact career? 6. MandroneBen Todd MIRI - Using machine learning to address AI risk 7. Bay ViewJessica Taylor Prioritisation frameworks 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt Are scientists responsible enough? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMartin Rees

2:40pm PDT

Avian cognition and consciousness: The gray parrot and its implications on animal welfare 2. Pauley Ballroom EastIrene Pepperberg

3:00pm PDT

Doing philanthropy better: Q&A with Cari Tuna 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill • Cari Tuna

4:00pm PDT

Infinite ethics 4. Senate ChambersAmanda Askell Should EAs do policy? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastSeb Farquhar Beyond Malaria 1. Zellerbach HallGenya Dana • Kevin Esvelt 80,000 Hours - Advanced Career Strategy 6. MandroneBen Todd MIRI - Logical Induction: Progress in AI Alignment 7. Bay ViewAndrew Critch

4:20pm PDT

Earning Influence with Thought Leaders 4. Senate ChambersJohn Chisholm

4:40pm PDT

Communicating Research 4. Senate ChambersHeidi McAnnally-Linz Engineering Revolutions 1. Zellerbach HallEd Boyden How much evidence is enough? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMichael Kremer

5:40pm PDT

Virtue-signaling: From evolved trait-display to conspicuously effective altruism 4. Senate ChambersGeoffrey Miller The replication crisis: How widespread is it and should it affect our plans? 1. Zellerbach HallJulia Galef • Stuart Buck • Brian Nosek • Ivan Oransky • Stephanie Wykstra 80,000 Hours - What the effective altruism community means for your career. 6. MandroneBen Todd Navigating intellectual disagreement III 5. Tilden RoomMcKenzi Amodei Scenario Planning 7. Bay ViewDavid Denkenberger Opening: The end of poverty 2. Pauley Ballroom EastPeter Singer (Remote)

6:00pm PDT

The End of Poverty 2. Pauley Ballroom EastJeff Brown • Anne Healy • Svetha Janumpalli • Rajesh Mirchandani • Timothy Telleen-Lawton

6:20pm PDT

Coordinating for a Stronger Community 4. Senate ChambersJulia Wise

6:40pm PDT

Dinner [off campus] 8. Lower Sproul

8:00pm PDT

Hamming Circles 5. Tilden RoomDuncan Sabien Three $300,000 Decisions 6. MandroneAndrew Eschler Understanding Social Technology 7. Bay ViewSamo Burja

9:20pm PDT

Mindfulness Meditation for Effective Altruists 7. Bay ViewJoseph Carlsmith Origin stories II 6. Mandrone
 
Sunday, August 7
 

9:00am PDT

Flowthrough Effects 2. Pauley Ballroom EastRob Wiblin Helping Animals with Morality or Technology? 4. Senate ChambersTobias Leenaert Risks and Benefits of Advanced AI 1. Zellerbach HallRiva-Melissa Tez • Dario Amodei • Daniel Dewey • Dileep George • Toby Ord • Max Tegmark Applied Forecasting: Improving Organisational Decision Making 7. Bay ViewBen Goldhaber Building a local EA community 5. Tilden RoomSydney Martin High Frequency EA Pitching 6. MandroneChris Cundy

9:20am PDT

Affecting the Far Future with Animal Causes 4. Senate ChambersAdriano Mannino

9:40am PDT

Upstream Altruism: applying EA principles to early-stage action 4. Senate ChambersChristine Peterson Basic Income: The GiveDirectly Experiment 2. Pauley Ballroom EastSam Deere • Ian Bassin

10:20am PDT

Research Meeting: Lightning talks 4. Senate Chambers Aggregating Knowledge 2. Pauley Ballroom EastTara Mac Aulay • Amanda Askell • Sarah Constantin • Julia Galef • Heidi McAnnally-Linz Creating Effective Policies 1. Zellerbach HallGenya Dana • Seb Farquhar • Tom Kalil • Rajesh Mirchandani 80,000 Hours - Speed coaching 6. MandroneBen Todd Scalable Solutions to Mental Health 7. Bay ViewEric Gastfriend

11:00am PDT

Concrete Problems in AI Safety 4. Senate ChambersChristopher Olah

12:00pm PDT

CEA Research and the Institute for Effective Altruism 4. Senate ChambersMichelle Hutchinson • Stefan Schubert Rethinking Meat and the End of Factory Farming 1. Zellerbach HallClaire Zabel • Lewis Bollard • Isha Datar • Bruce Friedrich • Tobias Leenaert • Alison Smith Opportunities in Science & Technology Policy 2. Pauley Ballroom EastRoxanne Heston • Tom Kalil Introduction to Explicit Model-building 7. Bay ViewEmily Crotteau Trigger Action Plans 5. Tilden RoomDuncan Sabien

12:40pm PDT

Government Driven Science & Technology 2. Pauley Ballroom EastJason Matheny

1:00pm PDT

Lunch 8. Lower Sproul

2:20pm PDT

Data-driven movement building panel 2. Pauley Ballroom EastTara Mac Aulay • Sam Deere • Alexandre Sevigny • Ken Strasma • Brett Thalmann • Chris Wylie Forecasting and Predictions 1. Zellerbach HallJulia Galef • Owen Cotton Barratt • Robin Hanson • Jason Matheny Lightning Talks II 4. Senate ChambersSam Bankman-Fried • Tee Barnett • Dave Doody 80,000 Hours - Take Action on Your Plan 6. MandroneBen Todd Animal Charity Evaluators Intervention Research Workshop 7. Bay ViewJacy Reese • Allison Smith Navigating intellectual disagreement II 5. Tilden RoomMcKenzi Amodei

4:00pm PDT

Past, Present and Future of EA 1. Zellerbach HallTara Mac Aulay • Michael Page • Kerry Vaughan Leveraging evidence to shape government policy and programs at scale 2. Pauley Ballroom EastVivian Bronsoler • Rachel Glennerster • Gautam Patel Meat alternatives Q&A 4. Senate ChambersGilonne d'Origny • Tim Geistlinger • Uma Valeti • Oliver Zahn Comparing Causes 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt Fermi Modeling 7. Bay ViewEli Tyre How to develop new hypotheses 6. MandroneGeoff Anders

5:40pm PDT

From Behavioral Economics to Public Policy 1. Zellerbach HallCass Sunstein Predicting the Future of Technology 4. Senate ChambersRobin Hanson Hacking college: How to optimize university to get valuable skills 7. Bay ViewJordan Alexander Strategy for the long-run 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt

6:20pm PDT

Cass Sunstein Q&A 1. Zellerbach HallJulia Galef • Cass Sunstein

7:20pm PDT

Closing Talk 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill