Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

@CSERCambridge

A Cambridge University research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse.

Joined April 2015

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    The February 16th deadline for our research positions is closing in, don't forget to apply (or share with great people)! Open to range of fields, indicative topics below:

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  2. CSER's Luke Kemp reviews Paul G Harris' "Climate Change and Ocean Governance" (CUP)" "a timely and useful addition to the rising field of climate-ocean governance."

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  3. Feb 2

    SefaAI-20 is very pleased to announce the Keynote by Ece Kamar (Microsoft Research AI), AI in the Open World: Discovering Blind Spots of AI. Find further Invited Speakers info at:

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  4. An expert panel is considering how much to reveal about a largely secret review process of 'gain-of-function' research.

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  5. Jan 28

    Just arrived for a workshop on communicable disease risk after a beautiful sunny crisp walk through

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  7. Jan 26

    The following thread regards how we should be planning for the possibility that nCoV cannot be contained. (1/x)

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  8. Jan 26

    The SafeAI-20 Program is available at NYC Feb 7th. Don't miss the Keynote by Ece Kamar - Microsoft AI , invited talks, dynamic panels and high-quality paper prez

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  9. Jan 25

    Lessons from 2009 early days apply to now: need evidence on severity, transmissibility, their relationship, and other key quantities, all still v uncertain. Our lessons-learned deep dive from those days on evidence needs f good decisions

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  10. Jan 24

    FHI will be awarding up to two scholarships for the 2020/21 academic year for DPhil students starting at the University of Oxford whose research aims to answer crucial questions for improving the long-term prospects of humanity.

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  11. Jan 24

    It’s an honor to publish with and the newly launched Project! We recommend specific policy interventions to spread the use of privacy-preserving machine learning

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  12. So the announcement just came out, and it's scared me so much I made a video about it: Please watch and share:

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  13. CHANGE OF DATE: CSER Public Lecture by Nick Robins, Prof. in Practice for Sustainable Finance at the Grantham Research Institute . Monday 23 March, 5.30pm in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre. Register here:

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  14. Jan 23

    is closest its ever been to midnight People asked me "can that really be true?". I'm a Cambridge Uni existential risk researcher and my view is: unfortunately yes TL:DR nuclear situation worse than last 30 yrs, climate situation worse ever, and new bio + AI risks

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  15. Jan 23

    Mary Robinson of (former president of Ireland) says she feels like an "angry granny" listening to experts explain nuclear risks, climate change, and disruptive tech behind the new setting.

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  16. The world must wake up to the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons, climate change and disruptive technology. Here’s how we believe powers can take steps to minimise the :

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  17. “Hostility toward experts manifested itself in the wholesale trashing of respected science advisory boards,” — Robert Latiff of the Bulletin’s Science & Security Board

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  18. It is 100 seconds to midnight. Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon unveil the 2020 Doomsday Clock. Read our reaction:

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  19. “To test the limits of earth's habitable temperature is madness...Even at only 1°C of warming, people across the world are witnessing – and suffering – the impacts." — of the Bulletin’s Science & Security Board

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  20. Jan 23

    science and security board member Sharon Squassoni (second from left) explains the nuclear threat component of the decision to move the closer to midnight. It is 100 seconds to midnight, closer than ever.

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