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Donāt miss out on Early Bird Tickets for Vision Weekend, at BĆ¼ckeburg Palace, Germany, July 12-14th and in San Francisco, USA, December 6-8.
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This yearās theme is āPaths to Progressā, and we can’t wait to share the speakers we have already gathered in the coming days. Our aim is to bring our community together to collaborate and create positive futures, and we expect this year to be better than ever.
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Early Bird ticket sales close in just two weeks, at midnight PST on the 14th of April ā so make sure you get yours today!
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Foresightās president, Allison Duettman, joined a lively SXSW panel that explored the possibility and path towards conscious AI. Anil Seth, Judd Rosenblatt, and Michael Graziano discussed AI safety, human consciousness, and how to explore the intriguing possibility of digital sentience. Find the recording here.
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This month, we talkĀ toĀ David Pearce, a thought leader who is always pushingĀ the boundaries of human potential. Pearce, a philosopher and bioethicist, is best known for his advocacy of transhumanism ā the movement that seeks to enhance human capabilities through technology. We’ll explore his ideas on overcoming aging, achieving radical life extension, embracing cognitive enhancement, and ending all suffering. Join us as we unpack the ethics and possibilities of the future, and discover Pearce’s vision for a world where humanity transcends its biological limitations.
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Submissions must include one of: a) system implementation, b) user studies, c) user’s theory of mind, or c) interaction design principles. Apply or nominate someone now!
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The Feynman Prize for Theory is awarded for excellence in theory to researchers whose recent work has most advanced Feynmanās goal for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing. Apply or nominate someone now!
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The Foresight Fellowship is seeking brilliant minds to develop world-changing ideas. Apply by July 31st to join a network of scientists and engineers and accelerate your bold vision for the future. Apply now!
Thank you so much to our attendees and speakers at our first-ever lightning talk, Existential Hope Salon! It was great to have everyone in attendance, and we canāt wait for the next one.
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Apply to give a lightning talk at our next salon, in April here!
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Join our BCI and WBE for Safe AI Workshop May 21-22, Berkeley, to explore how WBE & BCI could be sped up to produce a differential tech development re-ordering to lessen the risk of unaligned AGI.
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Attend the AGI Workshop, May 14-15, SF. Topics include: AI infosecurity, scaling security, privacy in AI evaluation, game theory for multi-agent systems, anti-collusion, & principal-agent problems in multipolar settings.
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PIBBSS is a research initiative aiming to leverage insights on the parallels between intelligent behavior in natural and artificial systems towards progress on important questions about future artificial systems.
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This supports OpenMined’s PySyft, a privacy-preserving AI infrastructure for collaboration on AI safety research among AI labs and research organizations.
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This project proposes a new brain modeling method. Instead of tackling the full complexity, it models brain development from a single cell, leveraging known developmental rules. Once a basic simulated brain is built, advanced techniques would refine it to match a specific brain. A virtual test case will demonstrate the approach’s feasibility.
This research focuses on testing AI systems to identify security weaknesses and establish “scaling laws” for AI security. These laws will help determine how much effort attackers need to compromise AI systems of different sizes and training methods. This will improve current AI security practices and guide development of future defenses against sophisticated threats.
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Sruthi Sivakumar is chairing the Gordon Research Seminar – Systems Aging 2024 in Barcelona. This is an international conference open for studentsĀ and trainees to present their unpublished work, connect with mentors, and network to learn career paths. This is the first GRS in “Systems Aging” topic, and the second time GRC in this topic (first time happened in May 2022 in Maine).
ATHENA: Women in Technical AI Alignment Research.
Hosted by our 2024 Fellow Claire Short ā congratulations, Claire! Niamh Peren was delighted to attend, and we look forward to seeing where the attendees go!
Other Fellows in attendance included Nora Amann and Lewis Hammond.
Roman Bauer recently published on radiotherapy cancer treatment modeling in Nature Communications Medicine. He was also interviewed about this topic, and on his research on neural self-organization in the retina was published.
Sumner Norman: Neurotech for mental health. He discusses the transition from outdated chemical imbalance theories to specific circuits/systems thinking, before diving in to Ultrasonic brain-machine interfaces and how they offer promise of revolutionizing treatment.
Jules Hedges on Compositional Game Theory: Towards Incentives Modelling at Scale. This approach to modelling interactions of strategic agents is inherently scalable. Here, we discuss what it looks like, and some applications.Ā
Jeff Sebo | Investigating Digital Minds. A philosopher and professor at NYU, Jeff discusses the consciousness, sentience, agency, and moral and legal status of invertebrates and future AI systems.Ā
Calen Ryan | DNA Methylation and Aging in the CALERIE Trials. Columbia researcher Calen Ryan explores DNA methylation (aging measure) in the CALERIE trials – the first to study caloric restriction’s impact on human aging.
Apply to Summer of Protocols
Summer of Protocols, a research program focusing on protocol studies, has opened applications for its 2024 cohort. They offer full-time grants for teams refining existing protocols.
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Vinod will be at SynBioBeta on May 8 for a fireside chat to discuss his latest longevity and healthy aging investments. Vinod is a Silicon Valley legend, beginning with his co-founding of Sun Microsystems and now a visionary venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures. He has been a driving force in funding and nurturing innovative startups in synthetic biology for almost two decades. Vinodās keen insight into the potential of programming biology has positioned him as a leading voice at the intersection of technology and biology.
Dates: 6th – 9th May
Location: San Jose Convention Center, CA, USA
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Save $200 on a Conference Pass when you use promo code āForesight-200ā.
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Open Lunar seeks a Fundraising Research Associate (contract) to build a grant database! Help us invest in a peaceful lunar future. Apply by April 15th.
Imperial College London Rocketry is celebrating a major win in the Lander Challenge! They secured the $15k TVC Hotfire Prize with their impressive THANOS-R engine, developed in just 5 months! This competition pushes student teams to develop innovative technologies for future lunar landers. ICLR becomes the first UK student team to successfully fire a liquid engine with thrust vector control, a huge accomplishment!
Join the Biomarkers of Aging challenge
Unreliable aging markers stall longevity research. New “Biomarkers Challenge” tackles this by creating better markers to predict lifespan and disease, aiding development of anti-aging treatments.
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As an active part of our community of talented scientists and technologists who expand the limit of our civilization’s capabilities, you will be at the forefront of our research, and our intriguing network.
Foresight Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donation is tax-deductible in the US as permitted by law. Our tax ID number is 77-0119168.
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