Matthew van der Merwe

Research Assistant , Future of Humanity Institute

Matthew van der Merwe is a research assistant at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. He writes about AI policy for the weekly newsletterImport AI.

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A jet fighter monument on a pedestal in a snowy park during winter, with a person walking nearby and trees in the background.

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How vulnerable is the world?

Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?

Nick Bostrom & Matthew van der Merwe