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Research & Updates
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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
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Sonja Trauss, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund
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August 29, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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August 2016
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Professor Michael Tye, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas
Date
August 24, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
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David Coman-Hidy, Executive Director; Aaron Ross, Director of Campaigns; and Michelle Kucerak, Director of Development, The Humane League
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August 22, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
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Carl Shulman, Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute
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August 16, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
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Behavioral treatments for insomnia
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August 01, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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August 2016
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Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President, Mercy for Animals
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August 01, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
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Professor Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
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July 27, 2016
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2016
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Joe Coon, Kristie De Peña, Matthew La Corte, Andrew Mills, and Will Wilkinson, Niskanen Center
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July 22, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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July 2016
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Paul Shapiro, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, The Humane Society of the United States
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July 20, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
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Dr. Gary Drescher, Artificial intelligence researcher, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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July 18, 2016
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Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
July 2016
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Ady Barkan, Campaign Director, and Shawn Sebastian, Field Director, Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
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July 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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July 2016
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Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
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July 06, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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July 2016
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Alan Durning, Executive Director, Sightline Institute
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July 05, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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July 2016
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Professor Aaron Sloman, Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, University of Birmingham
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July 03, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2016
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Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
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June 22, 2016
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Global Health & Development
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June 2016
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Concrete Problems in AI Safety
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June 22, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2016
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Dr. Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, and Cynthia Rathinasamy, Program Coordinator, Migration and Development Team, Center for Global Development
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June 21, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2016
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
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June 15, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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June 2016
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David Alpert, Founder and Board President; Sarah Guidi, Managing Director; and David Whitehead, Housing Program Organizer, Greater Greater Washington
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June 07, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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May 2016
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Dr. Peter Eckersley, Chief Computer Scientist, and Dr. Jeremy Gillula, Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date
May 26, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
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Jared Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
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May 24, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
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David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy, New York University
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May 20, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2016
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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May 20, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2016
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Professor Shirley Tilghman, Co-Founder, Rescuing Biomedical Research, and President Emerita/Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
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May 19, 2016
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Scientific Research
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May 2016
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Dr. João Breda, Programme Manager, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
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May 17, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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May 2016
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Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
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May 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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May 2016
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Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
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May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
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Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
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May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
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Science Magazine: Grassroots Future of Research group makes it official
Date
May 04, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2016
Title
What should we learn from past AI forecasts?
Date
May 01, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2016
April 2016
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Eric Lindblom, O’Neill Institute; Kristina DeMain and John Walsh, Washington Office on Latin America; and Graham Boyd, New Approach PAC
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April 28, 2016
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Other Areas
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April 2016
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Josh Morrison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Waitlist Zero
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April 25, 2016
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Other Areas
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April 2016
April 2016
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Professor Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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April 20, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2016
April 2016
April 2016
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Dr. George Wright, Professor of Strategy and Organization, University of Strathclyde
Date
April 07, 2016
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Other Areas
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April 2016
April 2016
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Norman Volk, Former Chair, The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Date
April 01, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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April 2016
March 2016
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Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA
Date
March 31, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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March 2016
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Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms
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March 31, 2016
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Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2016
March 2016
March 2016
March 2016
March 2016