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December 12, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

How to Create AI That Can Safely Navigate Our World — An Interview With Andre Platzer

Over the last few decades, the unprecedented pace of technological…

December 11, 2018/by Ariel Conn

FLI Signs Safe Face Pledge

December 5, 2018/by a guest blogger

Highlights From NeurIPS 2018

November 28, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

US Government Releases Its Latest Climate Assessment, Demands Immediate Action

November 26, 2018/by a guest blogger

Handful of Countries – Including the US and Russia – Hamper Discussions to Ban Killer Robots at UN

Podcasts

November 30, 2018/by Ariel Conn

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

A Chinese researcher recently made international news…

October 31, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Can We Avoid the Worst of Climate Change? with Alexander Verbeek and John Moorhead

October 18, 2018/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: On Becoming a Moral Realist with Peter Singer

October 11, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Martin Rees on the Prospects for Humanity: AI, Biotech, Climate Change, Overpopulation, Cryogenics, and More

September 27, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: AI and Nuclear Weapons – Trust, Accidents, and New Risks with Paul Scharre and Mike Horowitz

Artificial Intelligence News

October 8, 2018/by Tucker Davey

Cognitive Biases and AI Value Alignment: An Interview with Owain Evans

At the core of AI safety, lies the value alignment problem: how…

September 17, 2018/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: Moral Uncertainty and the Path to AI Alignment with William MacAskill

September 17, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

Making AI Safe in an Unpredictable World: An Interview with Thomas G. Dietterich

September 14, 2018/by Ariel Conn

European Parliament Passes Resolution Supporting a Ban on Killer Robots

Biotechnology News

November 20, 2018/by a guest blogger

Benefits & Risks of Biotechnology

"This is a whole new era where we're moving beyond little…

October 12, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

Genome Editing and the Future of Biowarfare: A Conversation with Dr. Piers Millett

September 29, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Choosing a Career to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems with Rob Wiblin and Brenton Mayer

September 28, 2017/by Ariel Conn

The Future of Humanity Institute Releases Three Papers on Biorisks

October 23, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

Trump to Pull US Out of Nuclear Treaty

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the United…

September 26, 2018/by Max Tegmark

$50,000 Award to Stanislav Petrov for helping avert WWIII – but US denies visa

May 31, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Nuclear Dilemmas, From North Korea to Iran

April 27, 2018/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: What Are the Odds of Nuclear War? A Conversation With Seth Baum and Robert de Neufville

An image of Hurricane Michael making landfall October 11, 2018. Photo courtesy of NASA.

October 16, 2018/by Ariel Conn

IPCC 2018 Special Report Paints Dire — But Not Completely Hopeless — Picture of Future

On Wednesday, October 10, the panhandle of Florida was struck…

May 24, 2018/by a guest blogger

What Can We Learn From Cape Town’s Water Crisis?

March 8, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

Can Global Warming Stay Below 1.5 Degrees? Views Differ Among Climate Scientists

February 22, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

As Acidification Increases, Ocean Biodiversity May Decline

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.