Future Matters

22 Mar 2022 21:16 UTC

Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism and existential risk written by Matthew van der Merwe & Pablo Stafforini. Each month we curate and summarize relevant research and news from the community, and feature a conversation with a prominent researcher.

Future Matters #0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund

Pablo22 Mar 2022 21:15 UTC

109 points

20 comments15 min readEA link

Future Matters #1: AI takeoff, longtermism vs. existential risk, and probability discounting

Pablo23 Apr 2022 23:32 UTC

57 points

2 comments15 min readEA link

Future Matters #2: Clueless skepticism, ‘longtermist’ as an identity, and nanotechnology strategy research

Pablo28 May 2022 6:25 UTC

51 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

Future Matters #3: digital sentience, AGI ruin, and forecasting track records

Pablo4 Jul 2022 17:44 UTC

70 points

2 comments19 min readEA link

Future Matters #4: AI timelines, AGI risk, and existential risk from climate change

Pablo8 Aug 2022 11:00 UTC

59 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Future Matters #5: supervolcanoes, AI takeover, and What We Owe the Future

Pablo14 Sep 2022 13:02 UTC

31 points

5 comments18 min readEA link

Future Matters #6: FTX collapse, value lock-in, and counterarguments to AI x-risk

Pablo30 Dec 2022 13:10 UTC

58 points

2 comments21 min readEA link

Future Matters #7: AI timelines, AI skepticism, and lock-in

Pablo3 Feb 2023 11:47 UTC

54 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Future Matters #8: Bing Chat, AI labs on safety, and pausing Future Matters

Pablo21 Mar 2023 14:50 UTC

81 points

5 comments24 min readEA link