Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is a research centre at the University of Cambridge, intended to study possible extinction-level threats posed by present or future technology.[1] The co-founders of the centre are Huw Price (Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge), Martin Rees (the Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society) and Jaan Tallinn (co-founder of Skype).[2]
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Formation | 2012 |
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Purpose | The study and mitigation of existential risk |
Headquarters | Cambridge, England |
Parent organization | University of Cambridge |
Website | cser |