Existential Risk: Population Ethics, a lecture from the Future of Humanity Institute's Director of Research

Come learn about the forefront of research on Existential Risks!

What is an existential risk?
An existential risk is one that threatens the entire future of humanity. More specifically, existential risks are those that threaten the extinction of Earth-originating intelligent life or the permanent and drastic destruction of its potential for desirable future development. No existential catastrophe has ever occurred.

Andrew Snyder-Beattie is Director of Research at the Future of Humanity Institute where he coordinates the institute's research activities, recruitment, and academic fundraising. His personal research interests currently include ecosystem and pandemic modelling, anthropic shadow considerations, and existential risk. He holds a M.S. in biomathematics and has done research in a wide variety of areas such as astrobiology, ecology, finance, risk assessment, and institutional economics.

The Future of Humanity Institute is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford which enables leading researchers to bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects. Their research spans: macrostrategy, AI safety, technology forecasting and policy and industry

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