Is there a possible world to “divest” or “spin out” the non-AI work of 80k hours org? I understand that this in and of itself could be a huge haul and may defeat the purpose of the re-alignment of values—but could the door remain open to this if someone/another org expressed interest?
We did consider this as an option, and it’s possible there are some versions of this we could do in the future, but it’s not part of next steps at the moment. The basic reason is that this new strategic approach is the continuation of the direction 80k has been going for many years, so there’s not a segment of 80k with a separate focus to “spin-off” into a new entity.
Is there a possible world to “divest” or “spin out” the non-AI work of 80k hours org? I understand that this in and of itself could be a huge haul and may defeat the purpose of the re-alignment of values—but could the door remain open to this if someone/another org expressed interest?
Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for the question!
We did consider this as an option, and it’s possible there are some versions of this we could do in the future, but it’s not part of next steps at the moment. The basic reason is that this new strategic approach is the continuation of the direction 80k has been going for many years, so there’s not a segment of 80k with a separate focus to “spin-off” into a new entity.