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Can AI Make Scientific Breakthroughs?
Tacit Knowledge is Essential for Discovery
Jul 3
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June 2026
Greatness and the Machine
How to avoid the Tocquevillian Singularity
Jun 26
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Brendan McCord
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Cosmos Grants are back!
Prototype AI for human autonomy and truth-seeking
Jun 24
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The Division of Judgment
AI agents could give strangers thick coordination where prices were thin
Jun 19
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Brendan McCord
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Introducing the Cosmos Research Group
New Senior Research Fellows to help build the philosophical foundations for AI
Jun 10
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Harry Law
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Brendan McCord
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Politics Cannot be Simulated
There’s more to democracy than decision-making
Jun 5
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Harry Law
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May 2026
What Will You Build For: Matt Clifford
His inspirations from philosophy, economics, sci-fi, and the British constitution
May 29
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Coasean bargaining in the real world
Apply for a free ticket to join Edge Esmeralda 2026
May 28
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Explore the future, or retreat from the present
Jack Clark delivers the 2026 Cosmos Lecture
May 26
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“Are you a philosophical zombie driven by Claude?”
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark in conversation with Brendan McCord
May 22
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Brendan McCord
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Jack Clark
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Radical ethical disagreement, latent reasoning, replication crises, and more
A selection of grant projects from our recent demo day
May 19
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Authors vs. Characters: The New Class Divide
Will AI sort humanity into two kinds of people?
May 15
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Brendan McCord
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