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Audio versions of the core readings, blog posts, and papers from BlueDot courses.

  1. 16 Jan

    Far-UVC

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://www.faruvc.org/  Author(s): Jeff Kaufman.  A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  2. 15 Jan

    Flipping the switch on far-UVC

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/flipping-the-switch-on-far-uvc?hide_intro_popup=true  Author(s): Richard Williamson. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  3. 15 Jan

    Innovate and Stockpile: Respiratory Protection for Essential Workers in a Catastrophic Pandemic

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2022.0126  Author(s): Nadia X. Montazeri and Jonas B. Sandbrink.  A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  4. 15 Jan

    What is AI Alignment?

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://blog.bluedot.org/p/what-is-ai-alignment Author(s): Adam Jones. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  5. 12 Jan

    What Are the Odds H5N1 Is Worse Than COVID-19

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Executive Summary The chance of H5N1 or one of its descendants causing a pandemic is slim, but the impact would probably be more severe than COVID-19A reasonable forecast that H5N1 causes a pandemic as bad as or worse than COVID-19 beginning in the next year is ~4%, which means the expected cost in terms of potential harms to the U.S. is at least $640 billionThe federal government can reduce that risk by: Scaling up testing & sequencingBanning mink farmsNot pursuing H5N1 gain-of-function researchLaying the groundwork for mass production of an H5N1 vaccineInvesting in general pandemic preventionBackground Though COVID-19 is often referred to as a “once-in-a-century event,” this expression should not be taken literally. Another COVID-like pandemic at some point is almost inevitable, and the chances of a devastating pandemic materializing in any given year are low but constant. Recently, media figures have raised concerns that the highly pathogenic avian [...] Original text https://progress.institute/what-are-the-chances-an-h5n1-pandemic-is-worse-than-covid First published 14 February 2023 A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  6. 5 Jan

    Do the Biorisk Evaluations of AI Labs Actually Measure the Risk of Developing Bioweapons?

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/do-the-biorisk-evaluations-of-ai-labs-actually-measure-the-risk-of-developing-bioweapons  Author(s): Anson Ho and Arden Berg.  A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  7. 5 Jan

    Scaling US Pathogen Detection

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Description: This post models how an effective biosurveillance system might work in the US using metagenomic sequencing (MGS). Metagenomic sequencing can read out any nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) in a sample. Analyzing these fragments allows the identification of both known pathogens as well as unknown reads that could represent a new threat.  Original Text: https://naobservatory.org/blog/biothreat_radar/ Author(s): Simon Grimm, Lennart Justen, and Jeff Kaufman.  A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

  8. 5 Jan

    The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk

    Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.  Original text: https://defensesindepth.bio/the-four-pillars-a-hypothesis-for-countering-catastrophic-biological-risk/  Guide: Andrew Snyder-Beattie leads Coefficient Giving’s Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness program. Here he lays out their thinking on the key pillars in biodefense, including PPE and biohardening of indoor spaces.  Author(s): Andrew Snyder-Beattie.  A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

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Audio versions of the core readings, blog posts, and papers from BlueDot courses.

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    BlueDot Impact
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
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