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Taylor Brent

Google
Software Engineer
taylor.w.brent@gmail.com
Currently working as a software engineer at Google but looking to move on at the end of 2016. Tentative target is software engineer with management role at a small company.
Friday, August 5
 

2:00pm PDT

Opening reception 2. Pauley Ballroom East

3:00pm PDT

Career targeting for software engineers 7. Bay ViewBuck Shlegeris

4:40pm PDT

Navigating intellectual disagreement I 6. MandroneMcKenzi Amodei

6:20pm PDT

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

9:00pm PDT

Probabilistic decision-making 7. Bay ViewOzzie Gooen
 
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

Existential Risk Careers Beyond Research 5. Tilden RoomNiel Bowerman Future of EA for Animals n. Eshleman Hall - Room 338Jacy Reese How Can We Fix Science? k. Eshleman Hall - Room 212Geoff Anders

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

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

4:00pm PDT

Infinite ethics 4. Senate ChambersAmanda Askell

4:20pm PDT

Earning Influence with Thought Leaders 4. Senate ChambersJohn Chisholm

4:40pm PDT

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 Foundational Research Institute: Suffering Focused AI Safety n. Eshleman Hall - Room 338Ruairi Donnelly • Lukas Gloor • Caspar Oesterheld 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

8:00pm PDT

Three $300,000 Decisions 6. MandroneAndrew Eschler
 
Sunday, August 7
 

9:00am PDT

Flowthrough Effects 2. Pauley Ballroom EastRob Wiblin Risks and Benefits of Advanced AI 1. Zellerbach HallRiva-Melissa Tez • Dario Amodei • Daniel Dewey • Dileep George • Toby Ord • Max Tegmark

9:40am PDT

Basic Income: The GiveDirectly Experiment 2. Pauley Ballroom EastSam Deere • Ian Bassin

10:20am PDT

Scalable Solutions to Mental Health 7. Bay ViewEric Gastfriend

11:00am PDT

Concrete Problems in AI Safety 4. Senate ChambersChristopher Olah

12:00pm PDT

Rethinking Meat and the End of Factory Farming 1. Zellerbach HallClaire Zabel • Lewis Bollard • Isha Datar • Bruce Friedrich • Tobias Leenaert • Alison Smith 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 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 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 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