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Olle Häggström: Large Language Models, AI Risk and AI Alignment

Research seminar with Olle Häggström, a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology, an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies, and a member of the Ro

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A multiartistic performative sculpture to visualize the complex connection between our decisions today and the living conditions for future generations.

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How can we shape politics to protect those whose careers are most affected by the labor markets changes? This question is explored in this registry-based analysis of careers in young and innovative companies.

Matthias Matthijs, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at SAIS in Washington, DC Dis-Embedded Markets and Embedded Politics. The Erosion of National Democracy in the Euro Periphery Th

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