The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
| Created: | 2015-06-23 10:14 |
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| Institution: | Office of External Affairs and Communications |
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| Description: | Safeguarding our passage through the 21st Century
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is an interdisciplinary research centre focused on the study of risks threatening human extinction that may emerge from technological advances. CSER aims to combine key insights from the best minds across disciplines to tackle the greatest challenge of the coming century: safely harnessing our rapidly-developing technological power. An existential risk is one that threatens the existence of our entire species. The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) — a joint initiative between philosopher Huw Price, cosmologist Martin Rees, and software entrepreneur Jaan Tallinn — was founded on the conviction that these risks require a great deal more scientific investigation than they presently receive. The Centre’s aim is to develop a new science of existential risk, and to develop protocols for the investigation and mitigation of technology-driven existential risks. CSER is hosted within the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), under the management of Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh. The Centre's Management Committee is supported by an international Advisory Board. See the CSER project website for more information. http://cser.org/ Image courtesy of Rosa Menkman from Flickr Creative Commons |
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Professor Stuart Russell - The Long-Term Future of (Artificial) Intelligence
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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is delighted to host Professor Stuart J. Russell (University of California, Berkeley) for a public lecture on Friday 15th May...
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Created: Mon 15 Jun 2015
Professor Margaret Boden - 19 June 2015 - Human-level AI: Is It Looming or Illusory?
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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is delighted to host Professor Margaret Boden (Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the Department of Informatics, University of...
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Created: Tue 23 Jun 2015
Existential Risk: Surviving the 21st Century
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In the coming century, the greatest threats to human survival may come from our own technological developments. However, if we can safely navigate the pitfalls, the benefits that...
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Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Thu 27 Feb 2014
Dr Toby Ord - Will We Cause Our Own Extinction? Natural versus Anthropogenic Extinction Risks
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We are delighted to host Dr Toby Ord (Oxford) for the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk’s next seminar, on Friday 24th April. The talk will be followed by a drinks...
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Created: Mon 15 Jun 2015
CSER - 20 February 2015 - Minds Like Ours: An Approach To AI Risk
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Profesor Murray Shanahan (Imperial College London) will give this talk as part of a series of seminars by the Centre for the Study of Existensial Risk.
Writers who speculate...
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Created: Mon 2 Mar 2015
CSER - 16 January 2015 - Risks and benefits of gain-of-function experiments in potentially pandemic pathogens
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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is pleased to announce a monthly seminar series beginning in January 2015.
The January seminar was given by Professor Marc Lipsitch...
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Created: Mon 2 Feb 2015
Professor Jane Heal - 20 November 2015 - Pushing the Limits
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Pushing the Limits - A public lecture with Professor Jane Heal
Abstract
What do theory of evolution, intellectual history and philosophy tell us about what we human beings...
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Created: Thu 26 Nov 2015
CSER - 22 January 2016 - Kay Firth-Butterfield: Lucid AI’s Ethics Advisory Panel
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Lucid is an AI company with an Ethics Advisory Panel which is led by Kay Firth-Butterfield. She will talk about the Panel’s composition and mandate and why the company thinks it...
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Created: Tue 2 Feb 2016
CSER Seminar Series - 26 February 2016 - Professor Charles Kennel
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Professor Charles Kennel is going to highlight the importance of acknowledging that climate change is not only measurable and noticeable by looking at global temperature, but that...
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Created: Thu 3 Mar 2016
CSER - 10 June 2016 - Professor Hilary Greaves
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Professor Hilary Greaves is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on various issues in ethics while her...
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Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 21 Jun 2016
David Denkenberger - 2 September 2016 - Feeding Everyone No Matter What
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CSER is pleased to welcome Dr David Denkenberger for this talk and seminar
Abstract
A large asteroid or comet impact, super volcanic eruption, or full-scale nuclear war...
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Created: Thu 15 Sep 2016
Colin Melvin - 24 October 2016 - Who actually controls public companies and in whose interest are they run?
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Colin Melvin - 24 October 2016 - Who actually controls public companies and in whose interest are they run?
Colin Melvin, the Global Head of Stewardship for Hermes Investment...
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Created: Fri 28 Oct 2016
Professor Neal Katyal - 16 November 2016 - Technology: Transparency vs Privacy
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Professor Katyal, one of the top US Supreme Court advocates as well as the Paul Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University, will contrast...
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Created: Mon 21 Nov 2016
Claire Craig - 12 December 2016 - Extreme risk management in the policy environment
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Jo Husbands - 14 December 2016 - Competing Catastrophes: Lessons from Efforts to Mitigate the Risks of “Dual Use”...
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Peter Kareiva - 13 December 2016 - Avoiding Species Extinction
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Rowan Douglas - 12 December 2016 - Opening Session Part 2
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Sam Weiss Evans - 14 December 2016 - Words Of Caution On Making Objects Of Security Concern
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Session 1 Q&A - 12 December 2016
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh - 12 December 2016 - Artificial Intelligence: Taking the long run seriously
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Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
The past five years have seen rapid growth in what Jaan Tallinn calls the “xrisk ecosystem”...
Collection: Managing Emerging Risks – Where Next? The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 3 Jan 2017