The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily of the GCRI organization.
2023
Introduction to global catastrophic risk, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at a symposium hosted by Scholars for Society, 22 May.
Preventing global catastrophe: Strategy and careers, a remote talk given by Seth Baum to the group Yale Effective Altruism, 27 February.
2022
Can thriving online include thriving on Mastodon?, an online panel discussion including Seth Baum for the Columbia Climate School Earth Institute, 12 December.
Ukraine and nuclear war risk, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at the EAGxVirtual Conference, 22 October.
Lessons for artificial intelligence from other global risks, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at a symposium The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence as part of the Montclair State University Pollack Speaker Series.
Deep green ethics and catastrophic risk, a remote talk given by Andrea Owe to Effective Altruism Nordics, 31 August.
Global catastrophic risk: Starting small, a talk given by McKenna Fitzgerald to the Lead for America Hometown Fellowship 2022 Cohort, 16 August, Washington, DC.
Global and long-term implications of asteroid impacts, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at the Asteroid Impact Global Effects Online Virtual Technical Interchange Meeting hosted by the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office, 13 July.
An Overview of Global Catastrophic Risk, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at the Swiss Existential Risk Initiative (CHERI) 2022 Summer Research Program Opening Event, 5 July.
Ethics for preventing global catastrophe, a remote talk given by McKenna Fitzgerald to Let’s Phi, 21 April.
Limits of the value alignment paradigm, a remote talk given by Seth Baum to Effective Altruism UC Berkeley, 13 April.
Practical approaches to addressing global catastrophic risk, a remote talk given by Seth Baum to the Stanford Existential Risks Conference, 26 February.
Nonhuman-compatible AI, a seminar delivered remotely by Seth Baum to the UC Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible AI, 23 February.
Deepening AI ethics: AI and why we are in an environmental crisis, a remote talk given by Andrea Owe to the Chalmers AI Research Centre, 22 February.
Digitalisation and sustainability transitions, an online panel discussion including Andrea Owe for the Sustainability Frontiers Conference, hosted by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund University, 15 February.
2021
The challenges of addressing rare events and how to overcome them, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at the workshop Anticipating Rare Events of Major Significance, hosted by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 17 & 21 December.
The future of catastrophic risk, an online panel discussion including Seth Baum for the University of Warwick, 9 December.
The ethics of sustainability for artificial intelligence, a remote talk given by Andrea Owe at the International Conference on AI for People: Towards Sustainable AI (CAIP’21), 20 November.
Environmentalism in space: From the present to the long-term future, a remote talk given by Andrea Owe to The Open University as part of a series of events on The Borders of Astrobiology, 18 November.
AI governance and global catastrophic risk, a remote talk given by Seth Baum to Effective Altruism New York City, 12 August.
Setting the stage for future AI governance, a remote talk given by Seth Baum to the Legal Priorities Project, 16 July.
Setting the stage for future AI governance, a remote talk given by Seth Baum at the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), 8 June.
Philosophy and ethics of space exploration, a remote talk given by Andrea Owe to Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center as part of the center’s spring 2021 “research sprint” on digital self-determination, 6 May.
Risk analysis and artificial general intelligence, a remote seminar given by Seth Baum at the 17th Meeting of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group on Artificial General Intelligence, 25 February.
The Biden administration and the long-term future, an online panel discussion including Seth Baum for Effective Altruism DC, 21 February.
2020
Asteroids as a case study in global catastrophic risk, an online talk by Seth Baum at the Duke Center on Risk in Science and Society followed by a panel discussion with Elisabeth Paté-Cornell moderated by Jonathan Wiener, 6 November.
Working in think tanks, an online talk by McKenna Fitzgerald at the 2020 Let’s Phi Conference, 26 September.
Recent work at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, a remote seminar given by Seth Baum for the Cambridge University Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, 21 September.
Infusing AGI with compassion, an online panel discussion with Seth Baum, Julia Mossbridge, and Wendell Wallach moderated by Ben Goertzel as part of the AGI-20 Virtual Conference, 26 June.
On superforecasting, an interview of Robert de Neufville by Lucas Perry on the FLI podcast, 30 April.
2019
An introduction to global catastrophic risks, a talk by Seth Baum sponsored by Effective Altruism Philadelphia and Penn Effective Altruism at the University of Pennsylvania, 27 October, Philadelphia, PA.
Intermediate-term artificial intelligence & society, a talk by Seth Baum at the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence, 26 June, Berkeley, CA.
Cross-cutting lessons about risk in emerging technology, a panel discussion with Seth Baum (via remote connection) and Christopher Nathan. The panel was part of a workshop on Responsible Innovation, Risk, and Biotechnology hosted by the University of Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, 6 June 2019, Coventry, UK.
How to predict the future (a little more accurately), a workshop led by Robert de Neufville and Seth Baum at EA Global: San Francisco 2019, 22 June, San Francisco, CA.
Accounting for violent conflict risk in planetary defense decisions, a talk by Seth Baum at the 2019 International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, 2 May, Washington, D.C.
Baum on the long-term future of human civilisation, an interview with Seth Baum by John Danaher on the Algocracy and Transhumanism podcast, 13 March.
The role of environmental expertise in understanding and addressing AI issues, a talk by Seth Baum at a workshop hosted by the Princeton University Global Systemic Risk group and the Stockholm Resilience Centre on Human-Machine-Ecology, 11 January, Princeton, NJ.
Digital Disinformation, Cyber Meddling, and Mean Tweets: A Look Back at the Hawaii Alert—What If? a panel discussion with Robert de Neufville, Andrew Futter, Nicole Grove, Katie Joseff, and Jaclyn Kerr at the This Is Not a Drill Journalism Workshop hosted by the Stanley Foundation and Atomic Reporters, 10 January, Honolulu, HI.
Governance of artificial general intelligence emergence and early use, a panel discussion with Seth Baum, Miles Brundage, Peter Eckersley, and Helen Toner moderated by Anthony Aguirre at the Beneficial AGI 2019 conference hosted by the Future of Life Institute, 6 January, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
2018
The social science of achieving positive long-term AI outcomes and Is molecular nanotechnology a good thing?, two talks by Seth Baum at Envision Conference, 1 December, Princeton, NJ.
Global and catastrophic risks, a panel discussion with Seth Baum, John Garrick, Julius Weitzdörfer, and Barbara Hamrick, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management conference, 17 September, Los Angeles, CA.
A model for the risk of nuclear war, a talk by Seth Baum at a workshop on Quantifying Global Catastrophic Risks, hosted by the UCLA Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences as part of the 2018 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management conference, 16 September, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction to artificial intelligence research, a talk by Seth Baum to Tech2025, 14 August, New York, NY.
AI risk, ethics, social science, and policy, a talk by Seth Baum at the University of California, Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), 11 June, Berkeley, CA.
Reconciling effective altruism and international security perspectives, a talk by Seth Baum (see video online), at Effective Altruism Global San Francisco 2018, 10 June, San Francisco, CA.
Do existing institutions have a role to play in AI Strategy?, a “whiteboard” session with Seth Baum and Jade Leung (see video online), at Effective Altruism Global San Francisco 2018, 9 June, San Francisco, CA.
How important is civilizational collapse?, a “whiteboard” session with Seth Baum, Haydn Belfield, and Gregory Lewis, at Effective Altruism Global San Francisco 2018, 9 June, San Francisco, CA.
What are the odds of nuclear war? an interview of Seth Baum and Robert de Neufville by Ariel Conn on the FLI podcast, 27 April.
Making the most of limited evidence in global catastrophic risk analysis, a talk by Seth Baum at the Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk, 17 April, Cambridge, England.
Dangerous or disruptive technologies to strategic nuclear stability, a talk by Seth Baum to the Federation of American Scientists, 15 February, Washington, D.C.
2017
What is AI and how can we keep it from harming humanity?, a talk by Seth Baum at a Tech2025 Think Tank event, 16 November, Brooklyn, NY.
Evil AI, killer robots, dragon kings, and cupcakes, an interview of Seth Baum by Charlie Oliver and Ed Maguire on the Tech2025 podcast, 21 October.
Long-term trajectories of human civilization, a talk by Seth Baum at a workshop on existential risk to humanity at the Gothenburg Chair Programme for Advanced Studies (GoCAS) at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, 9 September, Gothenburg, Sweden.
In search of the biggest risk reduction opportunities, a talk by Seth Baum at a workshop on existential risk to humanity at the Gothenburg Chair Programme for Advanced Studies (GoCAS) at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, 8 September, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Guidelines for avoiding an AI apocalypse, a presentation by Seth Baum on the Tech2025 podcast, 14 August.
Integrated assessment of global catastrophic risk and artificial intelligence, a talk by Seth Baum at the Cambridge University Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), 28 June, Cambridge, England.
Integrated assessment, nuclear war, AI, and risk reduction opportunities, a talk by Tony Barrett at an Effective Altruism DC event, 17 June, Washington, D.C.
Emerging technologies and existential/catastrophic risks, a presentation by Tony Barrett as part of a plenary panel at the Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics conference at Arizona State University, 17 May, Phoenix, AZ.
Integrated assessment of global catastrophic risk, a talk by Seth Baum and Tony Barrett at the Colloquium on Catastrophic and Existential Risk, hosted by the UCLA Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, 27 March, Los Angeles, CA.
Research: Bri Riggio & Seth Baum, a presentation by Seth Baum on the Story Collider podcast, 3 February.
A discussion with Seth Baum, Ph.D. of risks associated with the Trump presidency, an interview of Seth Baum by Atief Heermance, Robert de Neufville, and Scott Eastman on the NonProphets podcast, January 4.
2016
Future technology extreme risks and benefits, a presentation by Seth Baum at Envision Conference, 3 December, Princeton, NJ.
Global catastrophe and the future of consciousness, a talk by Seth Baum at YHouse YCafé Consciousness Club, 9 November, New York, NY.
Mass extinction (part 2), and interview of Seth Baum by D.S. Moss on The Adventures of Memento Mori podcast, 29 November.
Mass extinction (part 1), and interview of Seth Baum by D.S. Moss on The Adventures of Memento Mori podcast, 11 November.
An interview with Seth Baum, Ph.D., an interview of Seth Baum by Atief Heermance, Robert de Neufville, and Scott Eastman on the NonProphets podcast, 22 October.
Scary weapons, a talk by Seth Baum at Story Collider, 18 October, New York, NY.
Artificial intelligence (pt. 2), an interview of Seth Baum by Ben Mathis on the Kickass News podcast, 7 October.
Concrete problems in AI safety with Dario Amodei and Seth Baum, a discussion with Dario Amodei and Seth Baum on the FLI podcast, 29 August.
Could an earthquake destroy humanity? an interview of Seth Baum by Ariel Conn on the FLI podcast, 22 December.
What’s the big idea?, a panel discussion with Seth Baum of GCRI and Konstantinos Karachalios of IEEE at the Soho House, 14 March, New York, NY.
2015
Were the Paris climate talks a success? an interview of Seth Baum by Ariel Conn on the FLI podcast, 22 December.
The world in 2025, 2035, and 2045, a panel discussion with Seth Baum of GCRI, David Biello of Scientific American, and Melanie Swan of the New School for Social Research, moderated by James Hughes of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Part of the event World Technology Summit and Awards, 20 November, New York, NY.
Understanding the shape of things to come, a panel discussion with Seth Baum of GCRI, Anthony Janetos of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Nicolas Miailhe of the Harvard Kennedy School Future Society, and Richard Mallah of the Future of Life Institute. Part of the event Poles Apart, Melting Together: Science & the Humanities Confront the Anthropocene, hosted by the Boston University Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning, 27 June, Boston, MA.
How bad could it get? Risk analysis of nuclear winter, a talk by Seth Baum at the United Nations 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, 6 May 2015, New York, NY
Ask me anything, an interactive conversation with Seth Baum at the Effective Altruism Forum website, 7-9pm US ET. Announcements at Effective Altruism Forum and LessWrong. 3 March, online.
The future of life on Earth, a panel discussion with GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum, Columbia University Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs, and Future of Life Institute Co-Founder Max Tegmark. The event is at the 92nd Street Y as part of their 7 Days of Genius festival. 1 March, New York, NY.
The catastrophic risk of nuclear war, a talk by Seth Baum at a public conference The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction, hosted by the Helen Caldicott Foundation at the New York Academy of Medicine. 28 February, New York, NY.
2014
What Is the risk of nuclear war?, a talk by Seth Baum at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. See the talk text (pdf), slides (pdf), video (YouTube, beginning at 49:40), and coverage on the Society for Risk Analysis website, 8-9 December, Vienna, Austria.
Deterrence theory and global catastrophic risk reduction, a seminar by Seth Baum at the Oxford University Future of Humanity Institute, 13 October, Oxford, England.
Nuclear war risk: prior estimations and methodology, a talk by Seth Baum as part of a workshop “Risk Estimates for Global Challenges: Nuclear War”, hosted by the Oxford University Future of Humanity Institute and sponsored by the Global Challenges Foundation, 9 October, Oxford, England.
Navigating the high-stakes turbulence to our future, the keynote talk delivered by Seth Baum at the public conference Global Existential Risks & Radical Futures, hosted by Brighter Brains, 14 June 2014, Piedmont, CA.
Value of GCR information: cost effective reduction of global catastrophic risks (GCRs), a talk by Tony Barrett at the Advances in Decision Analysis Conference, 16-18 June, Washington, D.C.
The risk of inadvertent nuclear war between the United States and Russia, a talk by Seth Baum at the 2014 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference, formally the 2014 Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, held at the United Nations by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, 28 April-9 May, New York, NY.
Nuclear winter and the search for safer deterrence, a talk by Seth Baum at a private meeting of experts from the United Nations Security Council “P5” Permanent Members (China, France, Russia, UK, USA), hosted by the United States Mission to the United Nations, 15 April, New York, NY.
The convergence of anthropocentric and ecocentric values towards global catastrophic risk reduction, a talk by Seth Baum at the Futurability Initiatives International Symposium 2014, hosted by the Kyoto-based Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 24 March, Tokyo, Japan.
The great downside dilemma for risky emerging technologies, a talk by Seth Baum at a public event Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity, hosted by the Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). The presentation was published in a paper with the same title, 17 March, Stockholm, Sweden.
Semantics of the biggest risks, a talk by Seth Baum via remote connection to the “Global Challenges: 2013 Report” workshop hosted by the Oxford University Future of Humanity Institute in conjunction with the Global Challenges Foundation, 14 January, Oxford, England and online.
2013
Building an international think tank with remote collaboration, a talk by Seth Baum at the Climate-Friendly Climate Research Conference, hosted by Klimaforschungsnetzwerk Österreich/Climate Change Centre Austria. The talk discussed GCRI’s geographically decentralized organization design and what makes it work, 11-15 November, online.
Career panels and networking reception, a panel discussion featuring Seth Baum during the University of Rochester Meliora Weekend. Baum shared his experience going from an engineering undergraduate at UR to GCRI Executive Director, 10-13 October, Rochester, NY.
Potential for megadisasters, a session moderated by Seth Baum at the American Geophysical Union Science Policy Conference, 24-26 June, Washington, D.C.
The ethics of global catastrophic risk from dual-use bioengineering, a talk by Seth Baum and Grant Wilson at the 7th Annual International Conference on Ethical Issues In Biomedical Engineering. A version of paper connected to the talk was published in Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine. 20-21 April 2013, New York, NY.
2012
Analyzing and reducing the risks of inadvertent nuclear war between the United States and Russia, a talk by Tony Barrett at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Program on Nuclear Issues Fall Conference. The talk was based on a paper with the same title. 18-19 October, Washington, D.C.
Space-time discounting and global catastrophic risk, a private seminar by Seth Baum at Nomura Research Institute, 12 July, Tokyo, Japan.
Global catastrophic risk reduction as a civilization priority, a talk by Seth Baum at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Futurability Seminar Series, 27 June, Kyoto, Japan.
The benefits and harms of transmitting into space, a poster by Jacob Haqq-Misra and Seth Baum of GCRI together with with Michael Busch and Sanjoy Som at the Astrobiology Science Conference 2012. The presentation was based on their paper with the same title, 16-20 April, Atlanta, GA.
2011
Adversary modeling and defensive decision analysis for robust terrorism risk management, a talk by Tony Barrett at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, 4-7 December, Charleston, SC.
