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Cen­tre for the Study of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is a research center at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks.

History

CSER was founded in 2012 by Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, and Lord Martin Rees.[1]

Funding

As of June 2022, CSER has received over $200,000 in funding from the Survival and Flourishing Fund.[2][3]

Further reading

Maas, Matthijs (2022) A primer & some reflections on recent CSER work, Effective Altruism Forum, April 12.

External links

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Official website.

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Related entries

existential risk | Future of Humanity Institute | Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence

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    University of Cambridge (2012) Humanity’s last invention and our uncertain future, University of Cambridge, November 25.

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    Survival and Flourishing Fund (2018) SFF-2019-Q4 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.

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    Survival and Flourishing Fund (2020) SFF-2021-H1 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.

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