"Technological risks are risks we need to act on now, but their impacts are long term" so risk assessments need to think about systemic features, in a way that extends far beyond the 1-year timeframe @Simon_Beard #HoL

Our online and offline worlds have effectively merged but our institutions to do with risk largely focus on the offline. These needs to be re-imagined to cope with emerging threats #HoL John Thornhill

A 'tripartite' approach to AI (fairness, trustworthiness, safety) needs to be applied to looking at how AI can/will affect the physical lives of people and the planet. #HoL Caroline Gorski

The onus shouldn't just be on individuals to try and understand AI-based tech, but on creators (public or private sector) to make these technologies understandABLE. Stephen Cave #HoL

A great misconception is that AI experts are in agreement on the risks John Thornhill "But, the science is nowhere near settled, and we need a good dose of humility in how we discuss it at the highest levels" @Simon_Beard #HoL

Horizon-scanning & forecasting are great but aren't magic. They only work when you bring together DIVERSE views, including those who "have seen the future already because they're living it" but whose voices aren't normally heard. @Simon_Beard Centre for the Study of Existential Risk #HoL

Policy Recommendations: include more voices, don't see 'safety' as a separate domain to tech development, think about outcomes rather than discrete risks, focus on national resilience at a practical level. @Simon_Beard Stephen Cave Caroline Gorski John Thornhill #HoL

Many Congratulations Margaret Karembu on this well-deserved honour. Your impassioned work on science communication is an inspiration. isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotech…

Come work with us at CSER, on a very cool project: cser.ac.uk/about-us/caree…

I have a new paper! Based on research into biosafety regulation and policy and research culture in DIY-bio labs: embopress.org/doi/abs/10.152…

Deadline for an impactful CSER research assistant position (learning lessons from covid-19 for future GCRs) closing shortly - now's the time to apply!

Virtual Workshops during the Jamboree! iGEM responsibility program will have some virtual interactive sessions during the Jamboree, so that remote teams and experts can participate. You can find the info here: jamboree.igem.org/2022/remote-pa… register here: surveymonkey.com/r/igemvirtuals…

⏰The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the #DoomsdayClock to 90 seconds to midnight Take a look at what CSER researchers Haydn Belfield Paul Ingram Lalitha Sundaram @CSERSJ and Tom Hobson have to say about the announcement⬇️ cser.ac.uk/news/2023-doom…

We are excited to announce that Prof Matthew Connelly Matthew Connelly will join us as Director of CSER from July 2023. His most recent role was as professor of international and global history at Columbia University. Read more: bit.ly/3pB1ciZ (1/3)

Lots to like in the updated Biological Security Strategy. Lots of work needed to make it happen & lots for the UK’s vibrant biosec community to engage with. Some initial thoughts here, in our Centre for the Study of Existential Risk response led by The Centre for Long-Term Resilience: longtermresilience.org/post/response-…

Following the UK’s updated Biological Security Strategy, now is a good time to consider the role that national strategies can play in supporting international efforts like the BWC. Read the workshop report by Lalitha Sundaram, Alexandra Klein & Tom Hobson ⬇️ cser.ac.uk/resources/work…

I’m honoured to be part of the UK’s newly-formed Biological Security Leadership Council and very hopeful about what we can achieve together. Thanks to Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and all my fellow Council members for a really promising start! gov.uk/government/new….

Our new report on "Hazards with escalation potential: Governing the drivers of global and existential catastrophes" is out now from UNDRR International Science Council Simon Institute for Longterm Governance & Centre for the Study of Existential Risk with Lalitha Sundaram Dr. Sarah Dryhurst Maxime Stauffer Konrad Seifert🔸 et al. preventionweb.net/publication/ha…

Congratulations to Alexandru Marcoci & Lalitha Sundaram for winning two of the four fellowships awarded to Cambridge University!

Couldn't be happier to be joining the team Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and FCDO Research to work on this exciting project! Thanks so much for the opportunity.