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)
September 01, 2016
Title
Evaluation of some technology forecasts from “The Year 2000”
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
October 13, 2016
Title
Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Date
October 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
April 01, 2017
Title
April 2017 Update on Grant to the Future of Life Institute for Artificial Intelligence RFP
Date
April 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
April 09, 2017
Title
Some Case Studies in Early Field Growth
Date
April 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
May 01, 2017
Title
May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
May 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
June 08, 2017
Title
2017 Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood
Date
June 2017
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
September 13, 2017
September 15, 2017
Title
How Will Hen Welfare Be Impacted by the Transition to Cage-Free Housing?
Date
September 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Ajeya Cotra
October 01, 2017
Title
October 2017 Update on Protect the People Grant
Date
October 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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
Title
Scientific Research Grants from the 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP
Date
October 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
December 01, 2017
April 01, 2018
Title
Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
Date
April 2018
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Author
June 15, 2020
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
March 25, 2021
Title
Semi-Informative Priors Over AI Timelines
Date
March 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
June 07, 2021
June 07, 2021
June 25, 2021
Title
Could Advanced AI Drive Explosive Economic Growth?
Date
June 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
May 16, 2022
Title
History of Philanthropy: Work We’ve Commissioned
Date
May 2022
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
July 03, 2022
October 06, 2022
Title
Civil Conflict Reduction
Date
October 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Lauren Gilbert
October 06, 2022
Title
Telecommunications in LMICs
Date
October 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Lauren Gilbert
November 23, 2022
Title
Does Putting Kids in School Now Put Money in Their Pockets Later? Revisiting a Natural Experiment in Indonesia
Date
November 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
David Roodman
January 11, 2023