About us: what do we do, and how can we help? - 80,000 Hours
We offer career coaching and in-depth research on the careers that do the most to solve the world’s most pressing problems.| 80,000 Hours
We offer career coaching and in-depth research on the careers that do the most to solve the world’s most pressing problems.| 80,000 Hours
We very much appreciate all the financial support that we receive from our donors. As of May 2024, we had received around £30.9 million in donations from individual philanthropists, grantmakers, and foundations. Our largest donor is Open Philanthropy, whose mission is to help others as much as possible with the resources available. Their main funders are Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook and Asana.| 80,000 Hours
80,000 Hours' aim is to help people find careers that tackle the world's most pressing problems. To do this, one thing we do is maintain a public list of what we see as the issues where additional people can have the greatest positive impact. We've just made significant updates to our list. Here are the biggest changes: We've broadened our coverage of particularly pressing issues downstream of the possibility that artificial general intelligence (AGI) might be here soon.| 80,000 Hours
Advanced AI technology may enable its creators, or others who control it, to attempt and achieve unprecedented societal power grabs. Under certain circumstances, they could use these systems to take control of whole economies, militaries, and governments. This kind of power grab from a single person or small group would pose a major threat to the rest of humanity.| 80,000 Hours
Why we're updating our strategic direction Since 2016, we've ranked 'risks from artificial intelligence' as our top pressing problem. Whilst we've provided research and support on how to work on reducing AI risks since that point (and before!), we've put in varying amounts of investment over time and between programmes. We think we should consolidate our effort and focus because: We think that AGI by 2030 is plausible — and this is much sooner than most of us would have predicted five years...| 80,000 Hours
Career aptitude tests and gap years don't work. We tell you what does.| 80,000 Hours
Our list of the most promising high-impact career paths for helping others.| 80,000 Hours
Many people take jobs early in their career that leave them stranded later on. Why does this happen and how can you avoid it?| 80,000 Hours
A free guide based on five years of research alongside academics at Oxford University.| 80,000 Hours
Which problems are the biggest, most tractable, and most neglected in the world - and what can you do about them?| 80,000 Hours
In-depth conversations on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them.| 80,000 Hours
Get free 1:1 career advice from one of our advisors. We can help you choose your focus, make connections, and find a fulfilling job.| 80,000 Hours
