November Newsletter: Year in Review

Post Date November 23, 2021
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2021 has been a year of overcoming challenges, of making the most of it under difficult circumstances. The Delta variant dashed hopes for a smooth recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbreaks surge even in places with high vaccination rates, raising questions of when or even if the pandemic will ever end. As we at GCRI are abundantly aware, it could be a lot worse. But it has still been bad, and we send our condolences to those who have lost loved ones.Despite the circumstances, …

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Global Catastrophic Risk Presentations at the 2021 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting

Post Date November 12, 2021
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Every December, the Society for Risk Analysis holds its Annual Meeting. It is the leading professional conference for risk analysis. GCRI has participated in the Annual Meeting in most years since 2010, as detailed here.

This year, GCRI is involved in three presentations. Each presentation is led by one or more early-career researchers who connected with GCRI via this year’s advising and collaboration program. GCRI is excited to provide these researchers with the opportunity to attend the SRA Annual Meeting and share their research. The research to be presented …

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October Newsletter: Society for Risk Analysis Symposium

Post Date October 03, 2016
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2016 Society for Risk Analysis Meeting

GCRI will lead a symposium on global catastrophic risk at the 2016 meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), December 11-15 in San Diego. SRA is the premier academic and professional society for risk analysis. GCRI has led symposiums at SRA meetings since 2010. The 2016 GCRI symposium features five talks focused on risks from artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons.

Artificial Intelligence

GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum’s paper, “On the promotion of safe and socially beneficial artificial intelligence” has been accepted for publication …

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GCRI Symposium on Global Catastrophic Risk at SRA 2016

Post Date September 30, 2016
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GCRI will lead a symposium on global catastrophic risk at the 2016 meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), December 11-15 in San Diego. SRA is the premier academic and professional society for risk analysis. GCRI has led symposiums at SRA meetings since 2010. The 2016 GCRI symposium features five talks focused on risks from artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons.

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May 2013 Newsletter

Post Date May 13, 2013
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If there’s one thing we know from the study of risk, it’s that sudden, unexpected events can change the game. So it was for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the subject of a new paper by GCRI Deputy Director Grant Wilson. So too it is right now for GCRI and our parent organization Blue Marble Space, which recently lost its 501c3 tax status. For Deepwater Horizon, the result was several deaths plus massive environmental and economic damage. For GCRI, it means we have to …

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April 2013 Newsletter

Post Date April 08, 2013
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Dear friends,

Ongoing headline news discusses possible global catastrophes. In February, it was a close call with an asteroid. Now, there’s the threat of nuclear war with North Korea. What I’m most worried about is the H7N9 flu virus – see Laurie Garrett’s excellent article Is This a Pandemic Being Born? It can be a lot to keep track of, and so this month GCRI is announcing a new GCR news summary initiative.

We’re also announcing a new research paper focusing on the survivors of global catastrophe. …

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March 2013 Newsletter

Post Date March 07, 2013
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Dear friends,

A lot of the knowledge needed to address global catastrophic risk – and many other issues – is already out there somewhere in the world. But it’s spread across many different people. The challenge then is bringing people together to share and synthesize their knowledge. GCRI is dedicated to meeting this challenge. In this month’s newsletter, we announce three new initiatives on this front. First, we invite you to join us at the 2013 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, which will be December …

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