80,000 Hours lays out how to build a career reducing AI risk as AGI nears
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-09-10
Career-planning org 80,000 Hours published a guide on reducing AI risk through your career. Author Ben Todd says taking action is what most reduced his own AI anxiety. Key points: companies may build human-level AGI within a decade; AI building better AI could trigger an intelligence explosion with only months of warning; the post-AGI world could be extremely dangerous. The org has already helped 1,000+ people transition into AI risk work.
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