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Stanford Existential Risks Institute ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program
Stanford’s SERI is the Stanford Existential Risks *Initiative*, not an “Institute.”
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The post expands SERI as “Stanford Existential Risks Institute.” However, Stanford’s program is officially named the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) (not “Institute”). This is stated directly on SERI’s official Stanford-hosted website and in Stanford-affiliated announcements.
Because the post is referring to SERI (it uses the SERI acronym in the same phrase), the expansion to “Institute” is a naming error.
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- Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) — Stanford
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) hosts and promotes academic scholarship and cross-talk regarding existential risks.
- Seed Funding for Courses on Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks | Program in Science, Technology & Society (Stanford)
...in collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative...
- Stanford Existential Risk Initiative tackles global threats (The Stanford Daily)
Stanford launched the official Stanford Existential Risk Initiative (SERI) on Friday...
Richard Nesbitt suggests that "the distinction between the concepts of "human" and "animal" that arose in the West made it particularly hard to accept the concept of evolution".
The author of *The Geography of Thought* is Richard E. Nisbett, not “Richard Nesbitt.”
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The post attributes a quote/claim from The Geography of Thought to “Richard Nesbitt.” The book’s author is Richard Nisbett (Richard E. Nisbett). This is shown on the publisher’s official page for the book (and consistently in standard bibliographic references).
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- The Geography of Thought | Book by Richard Nisbett | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
The Geography of Thought ... By Richard Nisbett
- The Geography of Thought - Wikipedia
The Geography of Thought — 2003 book by Richard E. Nisbett