ABOUT

ERA is a non-profit project running existential risk Summer Research Fellowships to equip the community of young researchers and entrepreneurs with the skills and the knowledge necessary to tackle existential risks

Open Philanthropy identifies outstanding giving opportunities, makes grants, follows the results, and publishes its findings. Its mission is to give as effectively as it can and share the findings openly so that anyone can build on them

The Centre for the Study of Existential Risks (CSER) is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks as part of a collaborative, global community.

BlueDot Impact runs cohort-based courses that support participants in developing the knowledge, community and network needed to pursue a high-impact career.

Effective Altruism Cambridge is a community of people in Cambridge trying to find the best opportunities to solve the world's biggest problems.

PRESIDENT

Theo is a third year student in Physical Natural Sciences. He is excited about anything that can have a large positive impact on the long-term future or making the world a generally better place to live. He's especially interested in the risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence but is also concerned by risks from biological agents and nuclear catastrophe. In his spare time he enjoys reading, maths, boring arts films, and trying to improve his epistemics.

DIRECTOR

Olivia is the Director of CERI and a master’s student in Economic & Social History. Olivia’s interest in x-risk evolved from historical reasoning: we might be at the beginning of human history, with billions or trillions of future lives to come.. Olivia is also interested in the relationship between economic theory and x-risk.

WEBMASTER

Haritha is a PhD student in Engineering at Churchill College. He is particularly interested in AI safety, and hopes that CERI would provide an avenue to put his existential dread to productive use. In his spare time he enjoys cycling, reading and video games, but is often beaten by NPC enemies, which he hopes is not foreshadowing.

OPS LEGEND

Stefan is a final-year Astronomy PhD student turned AI safety researcher. He would like our planet to be, and then stay, a generally nice place. Stefan thinks the world ought to care more about the health and welfare of all humans, and needs to take existential risks much more seriously. His personal interests lie in understanding how artificial intelligence actually works, and making sure that the goals of AI will eventually be aligned with the goals of humanity.

WEBMASTER

Euan is a second year Computer Science student at Trinity (but secretly has a love for maths). He’s interested in automated reasoning, AI safety (specifically, interpretability and robust out-of-distribution generalisation), cybersecurity and effective altruism.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Demetrius A. Floudas has years of experience counselling governments and organisations on complex strategic issues. He holds an adjunct professorship in the Law Faculty at I. Kant Baltic Federal University, where he lectures on AI Risk Regulation, and is a Fellow of the Hellenic Institute of International & Foreign Law. In his capacity as Policy Lead for the Foreign Office, he helped design the telemedicine expansion policy in third countries during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Within CERI he focuses on nuclear security & AI safety and leverages his networks across academia, government, think-tanks & the University to amplify the Initiative’s impact. Moreover, as Senior Adviser, Prof. Floudas assists with organisational continuity and horizon-scanning for the Executive Committee.

FOUNDER & STRATEGIC ADVISOR

Nandini is the Founder of CERI. She studies Information and Bioengineering at Cambridge, and also runs the Existential Risks Alliance (ERA). She is especially interested in impact-driven entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on projects reducing existential risks. She enjoys writing poetry, reading science fiction and playing chess.

EX-PRESIDENT & AI SAFETY ADVISOR

Rudolf is a master’s student in computer science student with an interest in anything that might have decisive effects on the long-term future of human civilisation (conveniently including everything at CERI!). He’s especially focused on risks from advanced AI but has also read much about nuclear risks. He’s also especially interested in entrepreneurship, and generally of the opinion that the world needs more big, ambitious projects. You can read his writing on his blog: strataoftheworld.com