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Future Matters

by Matthew van der Merwe, Pablo Stafforini

Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini.

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  1. #8: Bing Chat, AI labs on safety, and pausing Future Matters

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read…

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  2. #7: AI timelines, AI skepticism, and lock-in

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read…

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  3. #6: FTX collapse, value lock-in, and counterarguments to AI x-risk

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and...

  4. #5: supervolcanoes, AI takeover, and What We Owe the Future

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also…

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  5. #4: AI timelines, AGI risk, and existential risk from climate change

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher. You can also…

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  6. #3: digital sentience, AGI ruin, and forecasting track records

    Episode Notes Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You…

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  7. #2: Clueless skepticism, 'longtermist' as an identity, and nanotechnology strategy research

    Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also...

  8. #1: AI takeoff, longtermism vs. existential risk, and probability discounting

    The remedies for all our diseases will be discovered long after we are dead; and the world will be made a fit place to live in. It is to be hoped that those who live in those days will look back with sympathy to their known and unknown benefactors. — John Stuart Mill Future Matters is a…

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  9. #0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund

    > We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. > — Ralph Waldo Emerson Welcome to Future Matters, a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize...

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Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini.

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Matthew van der Merwe, Pablo Stafforini

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