Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ

Researcher at MIT FutureTech helping with research, communication and operations and leading the AI Risk Initiative. Doing what I consider to be 'fractional movement building'. 

Previously a behavior change researcher at BehaviourWorks Australia at Monash University and helping with the development of a course on EA at the University of Queensland.

Co-founder and team member at Ready Research.

Former movement builder for the i) UNSW, Sydney, Australia, ii) Sydney, Australia, and iii) Ireland, EA groups.

Marketing Lead for the 2019 EAGx Australia conference.

Founder and former lead for the EA Behavioral Science Newsletter.

See my LinkedIn profile for more of my work.

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Senior Researcher - MIT AI Risk Initiative
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2026-01-30 | +15 | 0 comments
ML Engineer - MIT AI Risk Initiative, Contractor, Part-time, 6-months
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2026-01-01 | +10 | 0 comments
Why arenโ€™t more EA organizations using Every.org, or something similar, to...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2025-12-25 | +16 | 0 comments
MIT FutureTech are hiring a Postdoctoral Associate to work on AI Performance and...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2025-07-08 | +7 | 0 comments
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative Summer Research Fellowship in AI Safety...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2025-05-12 | +14 | 0 comments
EA Funded Kickstarting For Good incubator seeking applications (deadline 23 May...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2025-05-10 | +22 | 0 comments
Public Comment Invited on Artificial Intelligence Action Plan
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2025-03-03 | +47 | 0 comments
[closed] MIT FutureTech are hiring โ€a Product and Data Visualization Designer
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-11-13 | +9 | 0 comments
PeterSlattery's Quick takes
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-10-10 | +7 | 0 comments
[Closed] MIT FutureTech are hiring for a Head of Operations role
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-10-02 | +8 | 0 comments
MIT FutureTech are hiring for a Technical Associate role
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-09-09 | +9 | 0 comments
MIT FutureTech are hiring for an Operations and Project Management role.
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-05-17 | +12 | 0 comments
Bryan Johnson seems more EA aligned than I expected
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-04-22 | +13 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #11 (December 2023)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2024-02-08 | +7 | 0 comments
Positions at MITFutureTech
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-12-19 | +21 | 0 comments
Best project management software for research projects and labs?
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-10-05 | +19 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #10 (September 2023)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-09-13 | +6 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #9 (June 2023)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-06-29 | +22 | 0 comments
[Linkpost] The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023, with Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-04-14 | +38 | 0 comments
Podcast/video/transcript: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Why AI Will Kill Us, Aligning...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-04-09 | +32 | 0 comments
Please help me sense-check my assumptions about the needs of the AI Safety...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-03-27 | +23 | 0 comments
Part 3: A Proposed Approach for AI Safety Movement Building: Projects,...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-03-22 | +22 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #8 (March 2023)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-03-08 | +13 | 0 comments
Do people have a form or resources for capturing indirect interpersonal impacts?
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2023-01-04 | +47 | 0 comments
A template for doing annual reviews
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-12-19 | +27 | 0 comments
Part 2: AI Safety Movement Builders should help the community to optimise three...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-12-15 | +34 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #7 (December 2022)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-12-15 | +14 | 0 comments
On the Differences Between Ecomodernism and Effective Altruism
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-12-06 | +38 | 0 comments
Part 1: The AI Safety community has four main work groups, Strategy, Governance,...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-11-25 | +73 | 0 comments
Google Scholar is now listing (some) EA Forum posts
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-11-09 | +119 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #6 (September 2022)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-09-03 | +18 | 0 comments
Research Summary: What works to promote charitable donations: A meta-review with...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-06-24 | +67 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #5 (June 2022)
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-06-01 | +16 | 0 comments
Creating a newsletter: a very quick guide with templates
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-05-26 | +26 | 0 comments
Should we have a tag for 'unfunded ideas/projects' on the EA Forum wiki, and if...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-04-11 | +30 | 0 comments
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #4
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-03-11 | +17 | 0 comments
Please complete a survey to influence EU animal protection policies
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2022-01-07 | +95 | 0 comments
A spreadsheet/template for doing an annual review
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-12-22 | +14 | 0 comments
EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #3 released
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-12-01 | +9 | 0 comments
Announcing and seeking feedback on the READI philanthropy database project
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-10-06 | +14 | 0 comments
Announcing the EA Behavioral Science Newsletter
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-09-01 | +11 | 0 comments
Research summary: A Meta-Review of Interventions that Influence...
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-08-13 | +44 | 0 comments
A spreadsheet with titles and links for over 1900 YouTube EA videos
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2021-07-26 | +71 | 0 comments
Review: What works to promote charitable donations?
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2020-08-24 | +38 | 0 comments
Opportunity to support a Covid19 related survey collaboration
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2020-03-28 | +6 | 0 comments
Requesting support for the StandAgainstCorona pledge
by Peter Slattery ๐Ÿ”ธ @ 2020-03-17 | +14 | 0 comments