Grand Futures @ EPFL

​Effective Altruism is a global community of people and organizations who are trying to solve the world's most pressing problems.

​Join us for an exciting talk by Anders Sandberg, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute.

​Grand Futures - What Are the Technological Limits of Civilization?

​Anders will outline his project of mapping the limits of what advanced civilizations can achieve – in terms of survival, expanding in space, computation, mastery over matter and energy – and how this interacts with different theories about what truly has value.

​Anders has a background in computer science, neuroscience and medical engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, Sweden, for work on neural network modelling of human memory.

​His research at the Future of Humanity Institute centres on management of low-probability high-impact risks, estimating the capabilities of future technologies, and very long-range futures.

​More info:

​About Effective Altruism Switzerland: https://effectivealtruism.ch/

​About Anders Sandberg: https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/team/anders-sandberg/

​If you want to do some fun background reading, check out this paper: David Manheim & Anders Sandberg - What is the upper limit of value?

​The event is taking place in auditorium SV 1717 (Link to EPFL map)