Researcher Who Do State of the Art Research Relevant to X-risk
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Before editing anything in this spreadsheet please read the challenge description in Youtopia.A good place to start looking for people would be this LW post: http://lesswrong.com/lw/hq6/xrisk_roll_call/
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Added ByDate AddedAmended ByDate AmendedName of ResearcherDegree of high consequentialist significanceLink to webpage, blog, or LW profileBriefly, how is their work of high consequentialist significance?Areas of researchNotable PublicationsAffiliation
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1Pablo StafforiniAlastair NorcrossComparing Harms, Two Dogmas of Deontology
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2Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Alex AltairMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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3Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Anders Sandberghttp://www.aleph.se/andart/Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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4Kristian RönnAubrey de Grey1
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5Kristian RönnBen Goertzel3
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6Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Benja FallensteinMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Bristol University
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7Kristian RönnBrian Tomasik1www.utilitarian-essays.com
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8Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Carl Shulmanhttp://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Carl_ShulmanAre Pain and Pleasure Equally Energy-Efficient?, Vegan Advocacy and Pessimism about Wild Animal Suffering, Spreading Happiness to the Stars Seems Little Harder than Just SpreadingMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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9Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Daniel Deweyhttp://www.danieldewey.net/Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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10Pablo StafforiniDavid Chalmers3The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis, The Singularity: A Reply, Consciousness and its Place in Nature, The Content and Epistemology of Phenomenal Belief
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11Kristian RönnDavid Deutsch3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Deutsch
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12Kristian RönnDavid Pearce3
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13Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Eliezer Yudkowsky1http://lesswrong.com/user/Eliezer_Yudkowsky/Researches Friendly Artificial IntelligenceMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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14Pablo StafforiniGuy KahaneFeeling Pain for the Very First Time, Pain, Dislike, and Experience, Evolutionary Debunking Arguments
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15Kristian RönnHector Zenil2
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16Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-05Jason Gaverick Matheny3http://jgmatheny.org/risk reduction and strategic evaluationReducing the Risk of Human Extinction, How Can We Reduce the Risk of Human Extinction?, Human Diets and Animal WelfareIARPA / ODNI, New Harvest
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17Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-05Jeffery V. Yule3looks at the likely impact of continuing human industry from a biological model and concludes that is is possible for for our specicies to go extinct Biodiversity, Extinction, and Humanity’s Future: The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Human Population and Resource UseLousiana Tech University
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18Pablo StafforiniJoshua GreeneThe Secret Joke of Kant’s Soul
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19Kristian RönnJürgen Schmidhuber1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_SchmidhuberUltimate cognition a la Gödel, Algorithmic Theories of Everything
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20Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Kaj Sotalakajsotala.fiMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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21Pablo StafforiniLeonard KatzHedonism as Metaphysics of Mind and Value, Hedonic Reasons as Ultimately Justifying and the Relevance of Neuroscience
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22Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Reese D. Wilson2013-09-05Louie Helmhttp://louiehelm.com/Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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23Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Luke Muelhauserhttp://lukeprog.com/Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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24Kristian RönnMarcus Hutter1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_HutterUniversal artificial intelligence (AIXI), A Complete Theory of Everything (will be subjective)
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25Pablo StafforiniMartin ReesOur Final Hour
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26Kristian RönnMax Tegmark2
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27Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Mihaly BaraszMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Google
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28Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Milan Cirkovichttp://mcirkovic.aob.rs/University of Novi Sad, Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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29Pablo StafforiniNeil SinhababuThe Epistemic Argument for Hedonism
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30Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Nick Becksteadhttps://sites.google.com/site/nbeckstead/, http://lesswrong.com/user/Nick_BecksteadOn the Overwhelming Importance of Shaping the Far Future, Preventing Human Extinction (with Peter Singer and Matt Wage)Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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1Malo Bourgon2013-08-13Nick Bostrom1http://nickbostrom.com/Astronomical Waste, Existential Risk Reduction as Global Priority, The Future of Humanity, Infinite EthicsFuture of Humanity Institute (FHI), University of Oxford
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2Kristian RönnPaul Almond2http://machineslikeus.com/biographies/paulalmond
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3Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Paul Christiano1Whence Good Futures?, Giving Now vs. LaterMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
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4Pablo StafforiniPeter Singer3Practical Ethics, Ethics into Action, The Expanding Circle
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5Kristian RönnRay Kurzweil3
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6Kristian RönnRichard Dawkins2Memetics and universal darwinism!
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7Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Robin Hansonhttp://hanson.gmu.edu/Catastrophe, Social Collapse, and Human Extinction, The Great Filter: Are We Almost Past It?, The Next Really Big Enormous ThingGeorge Mason University, Future of Humanity Research (FHI)
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8Pablo StafforiniRoger CrispHedonism Reconsidered
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9Kristian RönnScott Aaronson2
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10Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-25Seán Ó hÉigeartaighFuture of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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11Pablo StafforiniSharon HewittNormative Qualia and a Robust Moral Realism
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12Pablo StafforiniShelly KaganThe Limits of Well-Being
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13Kristian RönnStephen Wolfram1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_WolframA New Kind of Science
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14Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-05Steve Chesley1http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/profiles/steve-chesley.htmlhe and others the NASA:JPL calculate risks on NEO and produce a report Report on Asteroid 2011 AG5 Hazard Assessment and Contingency PlanningJet Propulsion Laboratory
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15Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Stuart Armstronghttp://lesswrong.com/user/Stuart_ArmstrongFuture of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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16Pablo StafforiniStuart RachelsHedonic Value
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17Tarn Somervell Fletcher2013-08-16Toby Ordhttp://www.amirrorclear.net/academic/Beyond ActionFuture of Humanity Institute (FHI)
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18Pablo StafforiniWayne SumnerWelfare, Happiness, and Ethics
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19Pablo StafforiniWilliam MacAskillReplaceability, Career Choice, and Making a Difference
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20Pablo StafforiniYew-Kwang NgTowards Welfare Biology, From Preference to Happiness
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21Kristian RönnAnna Salamon
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22Kristian RönnMilan Circovik
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23Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-30David A. Dalrymple, S.M.1http://nemaload.davidad.org/aboutHe is working on the first actual upload of an organisms mind
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24Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-30Barry Kellman3http://www.law.depaul.edu/faculty_staff/bibliographies_results.asp?complete_name=Kellman%2C+Barry&pub_type=&pub_year=bioterror research, Zombie apocolapyse but realThe Biological Weapons Convention and the Democratization of Mass Violence, 2 Global Pol'y 210 (2011)
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25Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-30Rajiv Nayan3http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Chemical/1. Changing Global Politics of Export Control 2. Global Nuclear Governance and IndiaWeapons of Mass Destruction; Arms Control; Non-proliferation; Export Control.
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26Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-30Andy Parkerhttp://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/experts/2701/andy_parker.htmlGeo-engineering to reduce climate change riskThe fate of an engineered planet
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27Reese Douglas Wilson2013-09-30Klaus Kellerhttp://scrimhub.org/people.phpClimate RiskUncertainty, Instability and Irreversibility in the Earth System; Yokohama, Japan, 11–13 March 2013
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