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Haydn Belfield

Freelance Writer

Haydn Belfield

has been an academic project manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk for the past seven years. He is also an associate fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

Latest articles by Haydn Belfield

I’m an expert in the end of the world. The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer made me cry in terror.I’m an expert in the end of the world. The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer made me cry in terror.
Future Perfect

What Best Picture winner Oppenheimer gets right — and wrong — about the threat of nuclear weapons.

By Haydn Belfield
“Cry baby scientist”: What Oppenheimer the film gets wrong about Oppenheimer the man“Cry baby scientist”: What Oppenheimer the film gets wrong about Oppenheimer the man
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The so-called “father of the bomb” helped bring us prematurely into the age of existential risk.

By Haydn Belfield
If your AI model is going to sell, it has to be safeIf your AI model is going to sell, it has to be safe
Future Perfect

OpenAI’s GPT-4 shows the competitive advantage of putting in safety work.

By Haydn Belfield
There’s no libertarian approach to preventing the end of the worldThere’s no libertarian approach to preventing the end of the world
Future Perfect

What Peter Thiel gets wrong about existential risk.

By Haydn Belfield

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