Yudkowsky to Speak on Global Catastropic Risks, Nov. 14
October 15th, 2008 –
SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky will speak at the workshop Global Catastropic Risk: Building a Resilient Civilization on Nov. 14 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Organized by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology and the Lifeboat Foundation, this workshop will address threats to the future of humanity, natural and man-made, and the steps we can take to reduce the risks and build a more resilient civilization.
It will precede Convergence 08, November 15-16 at the same venue, co-sponsored by the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.