#28 - Owen Cotton-Barratt on why scientists should need insurance, PhD strategy & fast AI progresses

<p>A researcher is working on creating a new virus – one more dangerous than any that exist naturally. They believe they’re being as careful as possible. After all, if things go wrong, their own life and that of their colleagues will be in danger. But if an accident is capable of triggering a global pandemic – hundreds of millions of lives might be at risk. How much additional care will the researcher actually take in the face of such a staggering death toll?</p><p> In a new paper Dr Owen Cotton-Barratt, a Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Future of Humani...