S-risk Research Workshop

Friday, November 15th (noon) – Sunday, November 17th (3:45pm)

Early arrival: Thursday, November 14th (5:00pm)

Bore Place

Bore Place Road, Chiddingstone, Kent, UK

Welcome to the homepage of the S-risk Research Workshop!

With this workshop, we aim to

  • make progress on EAF’s research agenda;
  • explore useful research avenues and interventions in AI governance from an s-risk perspective;
  • facilitate collaborations and the exchange of knowledge among researchers interested in these questions; and
  • disseminate EAF’s thinking on AI risks among relevant researchers.
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Schedule

You can find the final schedule for the workshop here and the session descriptions here.

Participant slide deck

Participant slide deck

Preparatory reading material

We recommend skimming the latest draft of the research agenda on cooperation failures prior to the workshop. Reading it carefully will be helpful for a significant number of sessions at the workshop.

Reading this addendum on non-threat s-risks will be helpful for a few sessions as well. We also recommend at least skimming it.

If you have not read the background reading by now, we recommend you at least skim it. This will help you understand what motivated the research agenda in the first place.

Shared notes

We will use this shared document to capture notes on the sessions.

Venue

Location

The workshops will take place in the Bore Place cottages (location). All amenities and meals will be provided on site.

How to get there

We recommend participants to take taxis/Ubers to the venue (remember that EAF can reimburse you for travel expenses). The estimated travel times are 1.5h from London downtown, 2–2.5h from Oxford, 40m from Gatwick airport, 1h from London City Airport, and 1h 10m from Heathrow airport. There are also taxis available from Sevenoaks, Edenbridge, and Tonbridge. You can check in anytime.

The official start of the workshop is on Friday, November 15th at noon, but participants are welcome to arrive already on Thursday, November 14th at 5:00pm. Check-out is at noon if you’re staying until Monday (and anytime otherwise).

For the return trip, we will organize taxis from the venue to London (plus airports) and Oxford leaving on Sunday and Monday.

Leisure activities

The venue offers several options to go for walks through the fields and to the countryside. You can find them here.

WiFi

  • Password: november

Door codes

  • Bore Place House: 1736
  • Small Barn: 1734

Packing list

Here you can find a comprehensive list of items for you to consider for your trip.

Additional policies

Give us input

Any special wishes, concerns, or general thoughts? Help us make this workshop an exceptional experience for you. Send us your anonymous input anytime.

Anonymous input

Reimbursements

If you would like to get reimbursed for your travel expenses (flights, train rides, taxi/Uber/subway rides, meals, etc.), simply send us your receipts to payments@ea-foundation.org together with your bank details. You can also give your printed receipts to any EAF staff members in person if you prefer.

Contact us

If you have any questions, you can contact us via email, phone, or text (Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS):

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