EA and AI Safety Content Library — Master Inventory

This summary covers the master inventory file that catalogs the entire raw source library for this wiki. The inventory documents approximately 75+ items across 10 categories, providing a meta-index of all sources available for wiki synthesis.

Library Structure and Contents

1. 80,000 Hours Career Guide (Folder 01)

The complete career guide from 80000-hours, covering 11 parts plus 5 appendices. The overview file includes the full table of contents, introductory text, and chapter URLs. This is the career-advice foundation of the effective-altruism movement — guiding people toward high-impact career paths.

2. 80,000 Hours Articles (Folder 02) — 5 Articles

Five article summaries covering:

• Complete list of problem profiles with priority rankings
• AI risk profile with core arguments and key points
• Why problem choice is the biggest driver of impact
• Extreme power concentration as a problem profile
• Which global problem is most pressing

These articles represent 80000-hours’s cause prioritization framework in action.

3. 80,000 Hours Podcast (Folder 03) — 16 Episodes Indexed

An episode index covering 16 episodes (13 on AI safety, 3 on general EA). Notable guests include Paul Christiano, Ajeya Cotra, Holden Karnofsky, Jan Leike, Nick Joseph, Buck Shlegeris, Ben Garfinkel, Catherine Olsson, Daniel Ziegler, Pushmeet Kohli, Nova DasSarma, Ben Todd, Ezra Klein, and Alexander Berger. Full transcripts are available at each episode URL.

4. Transformative AI Articles (Folder 04) — 2 Major Works

• AI 2027: A detailed scenario for rapid AI transformation, with timeline, structure, and research supplements
• Situational Awareness: Leopold Aschenbrenner’s 165-page analysis of AI trajectory, covering 7 chapters

Both have PDFs available for download (not yet downloaded per the inventory).

5. Peter Singer Books (Folder 05) — 7 Books

Reference file for seven works by peter-singer. See summary-peter-singer-books for the detailed summary.

6. LessWrong / Alignment Forum (Folder 06) — 2 Resources + 6 Posts

• Rationality: From AI to Zombies — the full 6-book structure (see rationality-ai-to-zombies)
• 6 key posts from LessWrong and the Alignment Forum (see lesswrong-alignment-posts)

7. Academic Papers (Folder 07) — 9 Papers

Papers by nick-bostrom (5), derek-parfit (2), and will-macaskill (2). All with PDF links. See academic-papers-index for the detailed summary.

8. Books References (Folder 08) — 5 Books

Five key EA/AI safety books: The Precipice, What We Owe the Future, Superintelligence, Human Compatible, The Alignment Problem. See summary-ea-ai-books for the detailed summary.

9. EA Forum (Folder 09) — 8 Posts + 3 Topic Pages

Curated posts on AI safety and longtermism. See summary-ea-forum-key-posts, summary-ea-in-age-of-agi, and precipice-revisited for detailed summaries.

10. AI in Context Videos (Folder 10) — 3+ Videos

YouTube channel by 80000-hours. See ai-in-context-videos for the detailed summary.

Download Status

The inventory tracks what has been saved locally versus what still needs downloading:

Not yet downloaded (11 PDFs):

• AI 2027 full scenario PDF
• Situational Awareness full 165-page PDF
• 5 Nick Bostrom papers
• 2 Derek Parfit papers
• 2 Will MacAskill papers

Free ebooks not yet downloaded (2):

• Rationality: From AI to Zombies (PDF/EPUB/MOBI via intelligence.org)
• The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer (via thelifeyoucansave.org)

Already saved locally: 43+ markdown files covering career guide chapters, articles, podcast summaries, chapter content, forum posts, book references, and video descriptions.

Summary Statistics

Significance for the Library

This inventory serves as the meta-index: a map of all the raw material available for wiki synthesis. It is useful for identifying gaps (what topics have sources but no wiki page yet?), tracking completeness (which PDFs still need downloading?), and understanding the overall shape of the knowledge base. The library is heavily weighted toward AI safety and EA philosophy, with strong coverage of the key thinkers, organizations, and debates in these fields.

Related Pages

• summary-peter-singer-books
• rationality-ai-to-zombies
• lesswrong-alignment-posts
• academic-papers-index
• summary-ea-ai-books
• summary-ea-forum-key-posts
• summary-ea-in-age-of-agi
• precipice-revisited
• ai-in-context-videos
• effective-altruism
• ai-safety
• 80000-hours
• derek-parfit
• nick-bostrom
• peter-singer
• will-macaskill