Center for Reducing Suffering Researcher and Co-Founder Tobias Baumann has appeared on the Future of Life Institute podcast to discuss S-Risks (risks of astronomical future suffering), suffering-focused ethics, and his book Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe.
In the first part of a wide-ranging conversation with the podcast’s host Gus Docker, Tobias explained what S-Risks are and discussed some of the challenges associated with reducing suffering now and in the far-future.
Topics covered in Part Two included space colonization, moral circle expansion, and the future of artificial intelligence.
Both of the conversations are now available to watch on YouTube, or listen to via the Future of Life Institute’s podcast streams.
Tobias Baumann is a researcher at the Center for Reducing suffering and is the author of a new book introducing the idea of S-Risks, Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe. The book can be downloaded for free.
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