80,000 Hours lays out why AI risks are the world's most pressing problems
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-09
AndyMasley says an AI-safety-related post is getting more likes than anything he's seen, arguing for fast onramps for newcomers and pointing to 80,000 Hours career advice as a first step. The linked 80,000 Hours essay argues advanced AI could replace human labor in the most economically valuable fields, trigger a rapid and dramatic societal transformation, raise major challenges including existential risks — and that work on these problems is tractable but neglected.
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