#2: Clueless skepticism, 'longtermist' as an identity, and nanotechnology strategy research

Future Matters

Future Matters is a newsletter about longtermism brought to you by Matthew van der Merwe and Pablo Stafforini. Each month we collect and summarize longtermism-relevant research, share news from the longtermism community, and feature a conversation with a prominent longtermist. You can also subscribe on Substack, read on the EA Forum and follow on Twitter.

00:01 Welcome to Future Matters 01:25 Schubert — Against cluelessness 02:23 Carlsmith — Presentation on existential risk from power-seeking AI 03:45 Vaintrob — Against "longtermist" as an identity 04:30 Bostrom & Shulman — Propositions concerning digital minds and society 05:02 MacAskill — EA and the current funding situation 05:51 Beckstead — Some clarifications on the Future Fund's approach to grantmaking 06:46 Caviola, Morrisey & Lewis — Most students who would agree with EA ideas haven't heard of EA yet 07:32 Villalobos & Sevilla — Potatoes: A critical review 08:09 Ritchie — How we fixed the ozone layer 08:57 Snodin — Thoughts on nanotechnology strategy research 09:31 Cotton-Barratt — Against immortality 09:50 Smith & Sandbrink — Biosecurity in the age of open science 10:30 Cotton-Barratt — What do we want the world to look like in 10 years? 10:52 Hilton — Climate change: problem profile 11:30 Ligor & Matthews — Outer space and the veil of ignorance 12:21 News 14:46 Conversation with Ben Snodin