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What if *this* time it's different?
Giving people cash through a Basic Income could help to remedy any unemployment brought about by superhuman AI systems which price human labour out of…
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Unaligned AI: a nuclear blast without the shell
Why AI safety work is the only way to transition into a world of abundance - quelling poverty, want, and suffering. Elon Musk might be (somewhat) right.
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Medicinal Reciprocity: if it's good for you, it's good for me
By recognising each other's regulatory processes for new medicines, the UK can follow the lead of trusted international partners, saving time and money.
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The UK Government needs to protect us against unsafe AIs
Aggressive and accusatory Bing chats show that we've still got a way to go to make sure AI is aligned and human-friendly. How can the UK keep us safe?
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Deadlier than the Plague?
Genetically-engineered pathogens modified by malicious non-state actors may be deadlier & more infectious than COVID-19. 'Flatpack Pathogens' would be…
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Quadratic Voting: One Man, 100 Votes
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The UK Government needs to protect us against unsafe AIs
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Fake Meat, Anyone?
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What the hell is an Existential Risk?
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What can the UK Government do to get rid of poverty?
Market reforms lifted billions out of poverty. But when governments step in to try to remove the last pockets of poverty - which policies are best?
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What would a World Tax look like?
If we do 'Levelling Up' right, we can reinvigorate our least well-off regions and lift people out of poverty.
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From Global Poverty to Artificial Intelligence
Effective Altruism is a way of giving money to the highest-impact causes. Why has spending growth moved from Global Poverty to Artificial Intelligence…
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Right to Buy... but Flexible
The Housing Crisis might just be the single most damaging and far-reaching ailment the UK suffers.
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What the hell is an Existential Risk?
What if I told you there's a 1-in-6 chance that we're all going to die... this century?
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Quadratic Voting: One Man, 100 Votes
What if we gave people 100 votes instead of one? To what extent should we pursue institutional reform rather than focusing on policy to bring about our…
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Fake Meat, Anyone?
'Cultivated' meat might soon be able to steak its claim as the most popular protein product… Whilst also quelling mass suffering.
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Rules of the Game
Rules of the Game
Thoughts on the rules that govern our moral, political and economic lives.

Rules of the Game

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