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Advances across neurotech (including today's chemogenetics!) have convinced me that powerful treatments for devastating brain conditions are possible.
The next frontier is making them massively scalable, without requiring 10-hour brain surgery.
Today, my team and I at @ARIA_research are announcing 10 teams we're backing with £50m to tackle this challenge.
A thread 🧵 on their exciting projects!View quoted post on X
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Vision Weekend @foresightinst 40th Speaker Sneak Peek
Secure, Sovereign & Resilient AI
+@woj_zaremba, OpenAI Foundation
+@ilblackdragon, NEAR Protocol
+@sebkrier , Google DeepMind
+ Jenny Read, ARIA
+@NicoleOzer, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Neuro AI & AI for Neuro
+@SumnerLN, Merge
+ Matthew MacDougall, Neuralink
+@maxhodak_ , Science Corporation
+@JoanneZPeng, Amaranth Foundation
+@AdamMarblestone, Convergent Research
+@Matt_R_Angle, Paradromics
Life Unlimited: Biotech & Biosecurity
+@thekaransinghal, OpenAI
+@mattkrisiloff, Conception Bio
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@hannu, Red Queen Bio
+@velychko_s, Harvard University
Nano, Energy & Space
+ Ralph Merkle, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
+Ivan Jayapurna, ARIA
+@schingler, Planet Labs
+@erika_alden_d, Pioneer Labs
+ @ltelkins, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab For Profit
Funding Paradigms
+@v_maini, Mythos
+@zweinberg, Ex Ante
+@_mattmandel, Cosmos Ventures
Nonprofit Funding Paradigms
+@nanransohoff, Frontier Climate
+@rohan_subramani, Coefficient Giving
+@seemaychou, Astera Institute, Navigation Fund
+@tkalil2050, RenPhil
Existential Hope+
+ @mattbotvinick, Anthropic
+@RosieCampbell, Eleos AI Research
+@PracheeAC, Astera Institute
+@robinhanson, George Mason University
+@gladstein, Human Rights Foundation
+ Anti debate with @Liv_Boeree
+ Office hours with our favorite orgs, @AsimovPress, @BuckInstitute, @BlueDotImpact, @activatefellows, @farairesearch, @collect_intel, @Spec__Tech, @JoinEdgeCity, @LBF_org, @PrincInt, @TheIHS, and more.
+ Sci-fi book swap, unconference, pitch competition, tech demos, anniversary festivities, tea social, and more. + Speaker & Sponsor Gatherings like pre-party aboard the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, lab tours at @E11BIO, @LongshotSpace, CalWave,@ScienceCorp_, Dolphin Labs, plus a Foresight 40th Anniversary Soiree.
It's hard to overstate how excited I am for this weekend celebrating futures of Existential Hope unlocked by science and technology. Thanks to our partners for making this event possible @protocollabs, @paradromics, @RetroBio_, @eigenlabs, @FUTO_Tech, @d_model_ai
Event page & tickets: foresight.org/events/vision-…View quoted post on X
