About Us

We research the future of progressively intelligent computing and its disruptive effects on economy and society.
Our reports inform policy makers and the public on disruptive computing technology and on effective methods of managing its risks.

Our Charter

AI Risks

IS ARTIFICIAL SUPERINTELLIGENCE LIKELY?
DO GPT/AlphaZero REPRESENT TRUE BREAKTHROUGHS TOWARDS AGI?
ARE THERE ANY SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF AI ALLIGNMENT OR BOXING?
WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF HUMAN-LEVEL AI BY 2042?
IS IT DANGEROUS? — HOW CAN AN AI ARMS RACE BE AVOIDED?

Finance: Disrupted

WILL CRYPTOCOINS REPLACE TRADITIONAL CURRENCIES? — HOW WILL AI DISRUPT ALGOTRADING? — HOW ARE ULTRAFAST EXTREME EVENTS CHANGING STOCK TRADING? — HOW LIKELY ARE FURTHER FLASH CRASHES? — HOW WILL BLOCKCHAIN TECH AFFECT FINANCIAL SERVICES? — HOW MUCH WILL GROWTH IN ROBOTICS DISRUPT THE ECONOMY?

Employment: Disrupted

WILL AI INCREASE OR REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT? — OXFORD MARTIN SCHOOL: “47% OF THE TOTAL US EMPLOYMENT IS AT RISK” — DELOITTE: “AUTOMATION WILL CUT 39% OF JOBS IN THE LEGAL SECTOR IN THE NEXT 2 DECADES”

Autonomous Killer Robots

WILL AUTONOMOUS LETHAL ROBOTS INCREASE OR REDUCE CASUALTIES? — HOW WILL INTERNATIONAL LAW DEAL WITH KILLER ROBOTS? — WHO SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY KILLER ROBOTS? — THE CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY: “INCREASED AUTONOMY IN THE USE OF FORCE RAISES THE DANGEROUS SPECTER OF ‘FLASH WARS’ INITIATED BY AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS INTERACTING ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN WAYS THAT MAY BE UNPREDICTABLE.”

Cyberwarfare

IN OPERATION ORCHARD, ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS BOMBED A SYRIAN NUCLEAR REACTOR WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE. THE REASON: MALICIOUS SOFTWARE BLINDED THE DEFENCE SYSTEMS BY DISPLAYING FALSE TARGETS. — WILL AN UNINTENTIONAL ESCALATION LEAD TO FULL-BLOWN CYBER WAR? — HOW CAN SUCH ESCALATION BE PREVENTED? — HOW THE LAW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY APPLIES TO THE USE OF PROXIES IN CYBER OPERATIONS? — TALINN MANUAL: “EXISTING LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS LEAVES STATE BEHAVIOUR IN CYBERSPACE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BOTH OVER- AND UNDERREACTION IN THE EVENT OF CYBER CONFLICT”

Board

Vic Callaghan

Emeritus professor of computer science, University of Essex; president, AAIE; Director, Creative Science Foundation

B. Jack Copeland

Professor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury; Director, Turing Archive

Amnon H. Eden

Principal Scientist, Sapience.org; Founder, Moneta Sapiens

James H. Moor

Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Dartmouth College

David Pearce

Philosopher; Owner, BLTC Research

Steve Phelps

Lecturer in Computational Finance, Kings College London; Co-founder: Ripple Software Ltd, Victoria Ltd

Anders Sandberg

Senior Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University.

Sample Publications

What Is Computer Ethics?

1985-10-01 No Comments

James H. Moor, “What Is Computer Ethics?” Metaphilosophy 16(4):266 – 275 (Oct….

The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence

2003-06-16 No Comments

James H. Moor (ed.), B. Jack Copeland (chapter author). Springer 2003 Most…

Whole Brain Emulation: A Roadmap

2008-06-16 No Comments

Anders Sandberg, Nick Bostrom. Technical Report #2008‐3, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford…

The Essential Turing

2006-06-16 No Comments

B. Jack Copeland (ed., chapters author). Oxford University Press 2006 Alan Turing, pioneer…

The Biointelligence Explosion

2013-06-16 No Comments

David Pearce. In: Eden, Soeraker, Moor, Steinhart (eds.), Singularity Hypotheses, Springer 2013, pp. 199-236…

Artificial Intelligence (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

2001-06-01 No Comments

B. Jack Copeland, “Artificial Intelligence”. Encyclopaedia Britannica 15th ed., 2001 Artificial intelligence…

Unethical Research: How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence

2016-05-25

Sapience Technical Report STR 2016-03 Author: Roman V. Yampolskiy Cybersecurity research involves publishing papers about…

The Singularity Controversy, Part I

2016-01-28

Sapience Technical Report STR 2016-1 Author: Amnon H. Eden ‘The Singularity Controversy, Part I: Lessons…

Energetics of the Brain and AI

2016-02-11

Sapience Technical Report STR 2016-02 Author: Anders Sandberg Does the energy requirements for the human…

On the Utility Value of Currencies

2022-10-10

Notions of value of #currencies such as Bitcoin and the US Dollar presuppose that the…

Amnon H. Eden

Principal Scientist

Amnon H. Eden is the Principal Scientist of Sapience.org, author of “Codecharts: Roadmaps and Blueprints of Object-Oriented Programs”, editor of “Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Analysis, formerly lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Essex

Carolyn Seet

Director of Operations

Carolyn Seet (EMBA) is a highly competent, versatile finance and operations professional, with over 20 years’ experience with market leaders in London and Singapore. She is a strong builder of effective teams, with a powerful combination of creativity, strategic insight, problem-solving skills to optimise controls and processes.

Tony Willson

Co-Founder

Tony was a lawyer for 17 years, , and spent 10 years with the Dale Carnegie Organisation, instructing most of their programmes and managing Essex and East London. Tony has founded an award winning outsourcing business mainly aimed at the construction sector and providing training management, health and safety and e-Learning services. He also worked with a US company delivering high-level Negotiating training worldwide.

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