Dear friends,

GCRI has just opened a new round of our advising and collaboration program. It is an open call for anyone who would like to connect with us. We are providing advice on career opportunities, research directions, and anything else related to global catastrophic risk. We are also discussing opportunities to collaborate on specific projects, including several active GCRI projects listed online. Whether you are new to the field or an old colleague seeking to reconnect, we welcome your inquiry. For further information, please see here.

Sincerely,
Seth Baum, Executive Director

Remote Talks

GCRI Research Associate Andrea Owe gave a remote talk, “Philosophy and the Ethics of Space Exploration”, to Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center on May 6 as part of the center’s spring 2021 “research sprint” on digital self-determination.

GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum is giving a remote talk, “Setting the Stage for Future AI Governance”, to the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) on June 8 as part of the 2021 CHAI Virtual Workshop. The talk will discuss things that can be done today to make AI governance better in the future, like improving governance conditions in general, developing new AI governance concepts, and supporting the growth of the field of AI governance.