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Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023)

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notes[Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Michael Specter to support his work teaching two courses related to existential risk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This follows our September 2022 support for teaching the same courses …
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