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Research & Updates
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June 2023
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What a compute-centric framework says about takeoff speeds
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June 27, 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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January 2023
November 2022
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Does putting kids in school now put money in their pockets later? Revisiting a natural experiment in Indonesia
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November 23, 2022
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Global Health & Development
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October 2022
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Telecommunications in LMICs
Date
October 06, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2022
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Civil Conflict Reduction
Date
October 06, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2022
May 2022
Title
History of Philanthropy: Work We’ve Commissioned
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May 16, 2022
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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June 2021
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Could Advanced AI Drive Explosive Economic Growth?
Date
June 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2021
June 2021
Title
Scale-up economics for cultured meat
Date
June 07, 2021
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
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March 2021
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Semi-informative priors over AI timelines
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March 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2020
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How Much Computational Power Does It Take to Match the Human Brain?
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September 11, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2020
April 2018
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Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
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April 01, 2018
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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December 2017
October 2017
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Scientific Research Grants from the 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP
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October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2017
Title
A Software Agent Illustrating Some Features of an Illusionist Account of Consciousness
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October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2017
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October 2017 Update on Protect the People Grant
Date
October 01, 2017
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2017
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How Will Hen Welfare Be Impacted by the Transition to Cage-Free Housing?
Date
September 15, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2017
June 2017
May 2017
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May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts
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May 01, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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April 2017
Title
Some Case Studies in Early Field Growth
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April 09, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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April 2017
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April 2017 Update on Grant to the Future of Life Institute for Artificial Intelligence RFP
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April 01, 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2016
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Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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October 13, 2016
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Scientific Research
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September 2016
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Evaluation of some technology forecasts from “The Year 2000”
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September 01, 2016
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August 2016
Title
Behavioral treatments for insomnia
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August 01, 2016
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2016
Title
What should we learn from past AI forecasts?
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May 01, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2016
April 2016
March 2016
March 2016
February 2016
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December 2015 Update on IOM Haiti Grant
Date
February 01, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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January 2016
Title
Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – January 2016
Date
January 12, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2015
Title
Animal Product Alternatives
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December 13, 2015
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Scientific Research
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December 2015
Title
Informal Writeup on DRACOs as Potential Antiviral Treatment
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December 10, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2015
Title
What Do We Know about AI Timelines?
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October 12, 2015
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2015
October 2015
Title
Governance of Solar Radiation Management
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October 01, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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September 2015
Title
Nuclear Weapons Policy
Date
September 13, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 2015
Title
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence
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August 11, 2015
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2015
Title
Excerpts from emails about ARNOVA grant
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August 01, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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July 2015
June 2015
Title
Risks from Atomically Precise Manufacturing
Date
June 05, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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May 2015
April 2015
Title
Advocacy for Improved or Increased U.S. Foreign Aid
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April 20, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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March 2015
March 2015
Title
SDI Update – March 2015
Date
March 01, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2015
Title
December 2014 Update on IOM Haiti Grant
Date
January 01, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2014