We’ve investigated a number of topics to inform the causes we choose to focus on. This page includes the public writeups we have available from our cause investigations, as well as research reports we have written on topics related to our established focus areas.
Research Reports
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Title
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Date
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Focus Area
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Author(s)
June 07, 2021
March 25, 2021
Title
Semi-informative priors over AI timelines
Date
March 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
September 11, 2020
Title
How Much Computational Power Does It Take to Match the Human Brain?
Date
September 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Joseph Carlsmith
June 15, 2020
April 01, 2018
Title
Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
Date
April 2018
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Author
December 01, 2017
October 01, 2017
Title
Scientific Research Grants from the 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP
Date
October 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
October 01, 2017
Title
A Software Agent Illustrating Some Features of an Illusionist Account of Consciousness
Date
October 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
October 01, 2017