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December 11, 2019/by Kirsten Gronlund

The FLI Book Guide

December 5, 2019/by Jolene Creighton

Gene Drives: Assessing the Benefits & Risks

Co-author Stefan Schubert on the newly published report "Psychology of Existential Risk: Moral Judgments about Human Extinction"

October 30, 2019/by a guest blogger

The Psychology of Existential Risk: Moral Judgments about Human Extinction

August 19, 2019/by Kirsten Gronlund

New Report: Don’t Be Evil – A Survey of the Tech Sector’s Stance on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

August 14, 2019/by Jolene Creighton

How Can AI Systems Understand Human Values?

Podcasts

February 17, 2020/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: On the Long-term Importance of Current AI Policy with Nicolas Moës and Jared Brown

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January 31, 2020/by Lucas Perry

FLI Podcast: Identity, Information & the Nature of Reality with Anthony Aguirre

January 15, 2020/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: Identity and the AI Revolution with David Pearce and Andrés Gómez Emilsson

December 31, 2019/by Lucas Perry

FLI Podcast: On Consciousness, Morality, Effective Altruism & Myth with Yuval Noah Harari & Max Tegmark

December 27, 2019/by Lucas Perry

FLI Podcast: Existential Hope in 2020 and Beyond with the FLI Team

Artificial Intelligence News

December 16, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: On DeepMind, AI Safety, and Recursive Reward Modeling with Jan Leike

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Wendall Wallace discusses his work in the fields of machine ethics, emerging technology and Ai governance.

November 15, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: Machine Ethics and AI Governance with Wendell Wallach

October 8, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control with Stuart Russell

September 17, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: Synthesizing a human’s preferences into a utility function with Stuart Armstrong

Biotechnology News

April 9, 2019/by Kirsten Gronlund

Dr. Matthew Meselson Wins 2019 Future of Life Award

On April 9th, Dr. Matthew Meselson received the $50,000 Future…

February 28, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast (Part 2): Anthrax, Agent Orange, and Yellow Rain: Verification Stories with Matthew Meselson and Max Tegmark

February 28, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast (Part 1): From DNA to Banning Biological Weapons With Matthew Meselson and Max Tegmark

November 30, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Governing Biotechnology, From Avian Flu to Genetically-Modified Babies with Catherine Rhodes

June 28, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast: Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Back on the Horizon? With Jeffrey Lewis and Alex Bell

Nuclear weapons testing is mostly a thing of the past: The…

June 6, 2019/by Kirsten Gronlund

New Report Calls Out Banks that Make Nuclear Weapons Investments

February 5, 2019/by Jolene Creighton

The Breakdown of the INF: Who’s to Blame for the Collapse of the Landmark Nuclear Treaty?

October 23, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

Trump to Pull US Out of Nuclear Treaty

Ellen Quigley and Natalie Jones explain what you can do to help defund the fossil fuel industry.

November 19, 2019/by Ariel Conn

Not Cool Ep 24: Ellen Quigley and Natalie Jones on defunding the fossil fuel industry

Defunding the fossil fuel industry is one of the biggest…

October 3, 2019/by Ariel Conn

Not Cool Ep 11: Jakob Zscheischler on climate-driven compound weather events

September 24, 2019/by Ariel Conn

Not Cool Ep 8: Suzanne Jones on climate policy and government responsibility

September 19, 2019/by Ariel Conn

Not Cool: A Climate Podcast

Congratulations to the 2018 AGI Project Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to all the researchers who were awarded grants to further the science behind AGI safety. Click on the award icon to learn more about their research.

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