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Future Matters Reader

Future Matters Reader

By: Matthew van der Merwe Pablo Stafforini
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Future Matters Reader releases audio versions of most of the writings summarized in the Future Matters newsletterCopyright 2025 Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • Holden Karfnosky — Success without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luck
    Mar 20 2023

    Success without dignity: a nearcasting story of avoiding catastrophe by luck, by Holden Karnofsky.

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/75CtdFj79sZrGpGiX/success-without-dignity-a-nearcasting-story-of-avoiding

    Note: Footnotes in the original article have been omitted.

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    19 mins
  • Larks — A Windfall Clause for CEO could worsen AI race dynamics
    Mar 20 2023

    In this post, Larks argues that the proposal to make AI firms promise to donate a large fraction of profits if they become extremely profitable will primarily benefitting the management of those firms and thereby give managers an incentive to move fast, aggravating race dynamics and in turn increasing existential risk.

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ewroS7tsqhTsstJ44/a-windfall-clause-for-ceo-could-worsen-ai-race-dynamics

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    15 mins
  • Otto Barten — Paper summary: The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch public
    Mar 20 2023

    This is Otto Barten's summary of 'The effectiveness of AI existential risk communication to the American and Dutch public' by Alexia Georgiadis. In this paper Alexia measures changes in participants' awareness of AGI risks after consuming various media interventions.

    Summary: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fqXLT7NHZGsLmjH4o/paper-summary-the-effectiveness-of-ai-existential-risk

    Original paper: https://existentialriskobservatory.org/papers_and_reports/The_Effectiveness_of_AI_Existential_Risk_Communication_to_the_American_and_Dutch_Public.pdf

    Note: Some tables in the summary have been omitted in this audio version.

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    7 mins
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