August 2023 Newsletter: Call For Advisees & Collaborators

Post Date August 14, 2023
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Dear friends,

GCRI’s 2023 Advising and Collaboration Program is now open. We welcome anyone who is interested in getting more involved in global catastrophic risk, or advancing your career in it. We also welcome those who would simply like to connect or reconnect. This year, we are emphasizing five themes: diversity and inclusion; AI governance; AI politics; public scholarship; and students and early-career professionals. Your interests do not need to fit within one or more these themes to participate, but it helps if they do. Please …

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GCRI Statement on the Ethics of Funding Sources

Post Date December 07, 2022
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The field of global catastrophic risk has been jolted by the recent collapse of the cryptocurrency company FTX. Its philanthropic arm, the FTX Future Fund, was, for a brief stretch of time, a major funder of work on global catastrophic risk and related topics. Some projects related to global catastrophic risk were also funded directly by FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

We at GCRI are deeply saddened by this turn of events. Our hearts go out to all the victims who have suffered from …

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GCRI Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Post Date March 03, 2022
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The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine is already shaping up to be an event of historic proportions. This includes, but is certainly not limited to, its implications for global catastrophic risk. We at GCRI are monitoring the unfolding events with great concern. While it is always important to understand all parties’ perspectives on a conflict, in this case we find ourselves strongly condemning the actions of the Russian government. Our hearts go out to the many people in Ukraine who have been tragically affected by …

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GCRI Statement on Pluralism in the Field of Global Catastrophic Risk

Post Date February 17, 2022
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Global catastrophic risk is an important societal issue area. As such, it is to be expected that there will be a variety of views on it. We at GCRI believe that it is important to consider a range of views to better understand the topic of global catastrophic risk and the constructive options for addressing the risk. We are likewise interested in supporting a pluralistic field of global catastrophic risk.

Many types of pluralism can be valuable for the field of global catastrophic risk. Examples include …

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