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July 2024
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Thank you to our partnersĀ Coordination Network,Ā SPRIN-D,Ā ANI BIOME,Ā Protocol Labs, andĀ Ocean ProtocolĀ for turningĀ Vision Weekend EuropeĀ into what it was: an exploration of positive futures fueled by technological progress, innovative funding mechanisms, and transdisciplinary collaboration. Thank you to our speakers who highlighted paths to progress in Longevity, Molecular Machines, Computing, Neurotech, Space, Existential Hope, & Funding X. Ā Thank you to our community partners for offering office hours, and those who hosted unconferences, shared art projects, gave musical performances, poetry readings, volunteered, coaxed others into yoga sessions, schemed on impromptu skill shares and dance parties, and generally show up with an open mind eager to create flourishing futures. We hope to see many of you atĀ Vision Weekend USA!
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Last week, we hosted theĀ LBF x Foresight Longevity WorkshopĀ at Future House Stanford and LKSC. Thank you to our donors:Ā Protocol Labs,Ā AgingBiotech.info,Ā 100 PLUS CAPITAL,Ā NFX Bio,Ā OpenCures,Ā DeepOrigin,Ā andĀ The Michael Antonov Foundation. We will soon release the workshop report and seminars.
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As a Foresight Fellow, you can expect the following:
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1-1 introductions to relevant funders, senior scientists, and mentors.
Optional quarterly career counseling calls and networking opportunities with Alumni.
Travel-paid invitations to attend one in-person technical workshop and one Vision Weekend.
An invitation to join a technical seminar group relevant to your interests and the option of presenting your work to that group.
Access to our community: share your career successes in our newsletter and social media.
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Security is only possible if users can understand the implications of their actions. The Norm Hardy Prize encourages work that helps users make wise decisions.
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We recognize recent and brilliant achievements that have contributed profoundly to nanotechnology. Prize categories include Grand, Theory, Experiment, and Student.
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The 2024 Space Futures and Governance Workshop invites leading space-oriented scientists, technologists, researchers, and practitioners focused on governance, law, economics, and related areas to explore emerging opportunities at the intersection of space technology and management.
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Dr. Tommy Sebastian has been heading up the academic outreach committee for the upcomingĀ Civil Space Tech Expo, which will be held at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Attendees can explore collaboration opportunities with Lincoln Laboratory, regional research groups, and startups working on prototyping technologies for use in space.
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Oluseun Taiwo, Co-Founder and CEO of Additive Space Technologies, leads a team at Solideon that has oversubscribed its pre-seed funding goals and is advancing its vision for future manufacturing technology.Ā CongratulationsĀ Oluseun!
Read theĀ press release.
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In July, we awarded two new grants.Ā CongratulationsĀ to Jonas MĆ¼ller for hisĀ āIntelligence Rising Projectā and Chandler Smith for his project āAn exploration into multi-agent security, steganography, and AI control,ā which will assess the ability of AI agents to engage in steganographic collusion and AI-AI manipulation within adversarial oversight environments, and develop evaluations to determine how AI models strategize and enact exploitation within negotiation scenarios.
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Explore the program and apply with your project here:Ā https://foresight.org/ai-safety/
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From Left to right, Vogue Business invited Niamh Peren, Chief of Innovation & Strategy at Foresight Institute, to speak on the panel āMetamorphosis: How to implement AI Responsiblyā at Berlin Fashion Week. Allison Duettmann, CEO of Foresight Institute, spoke at Funding the Commons.
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Listen to James Pethokoukis in this month’s Hope Drop, discussing his book, ‘The Conservative Futurist.’ James is a proponent of a future driven by significant technological advancements supported via pro-progress policy ā something he refers to as āupwingā policy. In his view, technological developments could lead to a world with less disease, abundant clean energy, and economic growth, supporting innovation and prosperity across the board.Ā Read our Substack.
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From 2025, Foresight Institute is looking for a new Chief Operations Officer to help our team excel.
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Start date: January 2025
Salary: $90-160K depending on experience
Please applyĀ here.
Progress Conference 2024 presented by the Roots of Progress, together with the Foresight Institute, Works in Progress, the Institute for Progress, HumanProgress.org, and the Institute for Humane Studies
October 18ā19, 2024 in Berkeley, California
Interested in conveying the risks of superintelligence?
Are you ambitious and driven, with a vision for a better future? Do you have a startup idea youāre passionate about and ready to commit full-time this fall? The Residency Referral Season seeks intelligent, motivated people aged 18-24 actively working on their startups.Ā Learn more.
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Your donation is tax-deductible in the US as permitted by law. Our tax ID number is 77-0119168.
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