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)
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