Existential risk The Difficulties of Assessing Existential Risk One of the biggest challenges facing the area of existential risk research is that of…Ben BucknallAugust 2, 2021
Existential risk Human Collective Behaviour and Existential Risk A recently published paper authored by an interdisciplinary group of 17 researchers representing 21 institutions…Ben BucknallJuly 26, 2021
Existential risk Cognitive Biases and Existential Risk In his iconic 2011 book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', the psychologist Daniel Kahneman presents an…Ben BucknallJuly 20, 2021
Existential risk The Unilateralist’s Curse: How altruistic intentions can cause harm In 2018, a team of Canadian and American researchers published a paper describing their work…Ben BucknallJuly 12, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Important Safety Considerations for Current AI Research Last week's post explored some of the potential philosophical issues raised in association with the…Ben BucknallJuly 5, 2021
Artificial Intelligence How could Artificial General Intelligence pose an existential risk? Estimated by Oxford philosopher Toby Ord to constitute approximately a one in ten chance of…Ben BucknallJune 28, 2021
Existential risk Even back in the ’50s, leading academics were warning of existential risk On the 9th July 1955, at a press conference at Caxton Hall in London, Bertrand…Ben BucknallJune 21, 2021