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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

By Stefan Schubert This blog post reports on Schubert, S.**,…

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?

August 1, 2019/by a guest blogger

Sapiens Plurum Short Fiction Winner: Mildred 302.0

June 18, 2019/by Viktoriya Krakovna

ICLR Safe ML Workshop Report

Podcasts

October 31, 2019/by Lucas Perry

FLI Podcast: Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality with Anthony Aguirre

There exist many facts about the nature of reality which…

October 8, 2019/by Lucas Perry

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

feeding everyone, global catastrophe

September 30, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast: Feeding Everyone in a Global Catastrophe with Dave Denkenberger & Joshua Pearce

September 19, 2019/by Ariel Conn

Not Cool: A Climate Podcast

September 17, 2019/by Lucas Perry

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

Artificial Intelligence News

August 30, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast: Beyond the Arms Race Narrative: AI & China with Helen Toner & Elsa Kania

Discussions of Chinese artificial intelligence frequently…

August 16, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: China’s AI Superpower Dream with Jeffrey Ding

July 22, 2019/by Lucas Perry

AI Alignment Podcast: On the Governance of AI with Jade Leung

May 31, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast: Applying AI Safety & Ethics Today with Ashley Llorens & Francesca Rossi

Biotechnology News

February 28, 2019/by Ariel Conn

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

In this special two-part podcast Ariel Conn is joined by…

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

November 20, 2018/by a guest blogger

Benefits & Risks of Biotechnology

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

August 1, 2019/by Ariel Conn

The Climate Crisis as an Existential Threat with Simon Beard and Haydn Belfield

Does the climate crisis pose an existential threat? And is…

April 30, 2019/by Ariel Conn

FLI Podcast: The Unexpected Side Effects of Climate Change With Fran Moore and Nick Obradovich

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December 17, 2018/by Kirsten Gronlund

Updates From the COP24 Climate Change Meeting

November 28, 2018/by Jolene Creighton

US Government Releases Its Latest Climate Assessment, Demands Immediate Action

Congratulations to the 2018 AGI Project Grant Recipients!

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