GCRI Crowdfunding Campaign: International Treaties for Emerging Technologies

4 December 2012

Grant Wilson and Seth Baum have just launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign Preventing Technological Disaster Through International Treaties. The campaign is raising funds to write a new paper extending Grant’s recent publication Minimizing global catastrophic and existential risks from emerging technologies through international law.

Crowdfunding is raising funds via large numbers of people. Websites like Indiegogo let people post projects for funding, and then anyone interested can contribute funds. Crowdfunding has been used to raise often quite large amounts of funding for a wide range of projects. Now we’re seeing if it can help raise funds for GCR research. We don’t know how well this will work – wish us luck! Or better yet, donate to the campaign, and share it with your friends!

In keeping with the crowdfunding spirit, we are offering several different rewards, from a customized limerick to a GCR career advising session with us to “immortality”. Check out the page for details.

We encourage everyone to make at least a small donation to the crowdfunding campaign to show interest in the project and help it build momentum. Even just visiting the campaign page helps to show interest in it and attract further attention. Meanwhile you can also donate to GCRI directly.

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