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July 18, 2017/by Sarah Marquart

Aligning Superintelligence With Human Interests

The trait that currently gives humans a dominant advantage over…

July 7, 2017/by a guest blogger

United Nations Adopts Ban on Nuclear Weapons

July 6, 2017/by a guest blogger

FHI Quarterly Update (July 2017)

June 30, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Support Grows for UN Nuclear Weapons Ban

June 30, 2017/by a guest blogger

U.S. Conference of Mayors Unanimously Adopts Mayors for Peace Resolution

Featured Stories

July 7, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Banning Nuclear and Autonomous Weapons with Richard Moyes and Miriam Struyk

https://soundcloud.com/futureoflife/banning-nuclear-autonomous-weapons-with-richard-moyes-and-miriam-struyk How…

June 1, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Creative AI with Mark Riedl & Scientists Support a Nuclear Ban

April 27, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Climate Change with Brian Toon and Kevin Trenberth

March 31, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Law and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

February 28, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: UN Nuclear Weapons Ban with Beatrice Fihn and Susi Snyder

Artificial Intelligence News

June 26, 2017/by Tucker Davey

Using History to Chart the Future of AI: An Interview with Katja Grace

The million-dollar question in AI circles is: When? When will…

June 24, 2017/by Rob Bensinger

MIRI’s June 2017 Newsletter

June 14, 2017/by Tucker Davey

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: An Interview With Moshe Vardi

May 30, 2017/by Matt Scherer

Op-ed: On AI, Prescription Drugs, and Managing the Risks of Things We Don’t Understand

Biotechnology News

May 12, 2017/by Ariel Conn

GP-write and the Future of Biology

Imagine going to the airport, but instead of walking through…

December 30, 2016/by Ariel Conn

Why 2016 Was Actually a Year of Hope

December 30, 2016/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: FLI 2016 – A Year In Review

September 30, 2016/by Tucker Davey

Artificial Photosynthesis: Can We Harness the Energy of the Sun as Well as Plants?

May 18, 2017/by Ariel Conn

The U.S. Worldwide Threat Assessment Includes Warnings of Cyber Attacks, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, etc.

Last Thursday – just one day before the WannaCry ransomware…

May 10, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Forget the Cold War – Experts say Nuclear Weapons Are a Bigger Risk Today

April 21, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War 2017

March 30, 2017/by Ariel Conn

Survivors Speak Out As UN Negotiates Nuke Ban

August 5, 2016/by Tucker Davey

Developing Countries Can’t Afford Climate Change

Developing countries currently cannot sustain themselves, let…

August 1, 2016/by Phil Torres

Op-ed: Being Alarmed Is Not the Same as Being an Alarmist

July 25, 2016/by Ariel Conn

Podcast: Could an Earthquake Destroy Humanity?

July 22, 2016/by Phil Torres

Op-ed: Climate Change Is the Most Urgent Existential Risk

Congratulations to the AI Project Grant Recipients!

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