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Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink on Risks from Biological Research - Hear This Idea Episode 51 • 12 August 2022 Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink on Risks from Biological Research App links: --> Spotify Apple Google Pocket Casts Other apps ← Back to all episodes • --> Leave feedback ↗ Contents Back to top ↑ In this episode, Fin talks to Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink . Kevin Esvelt is an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab , where he is director of the Sculpting Evolution group , which invents new ways to study and influence the evolution of ecosystems. He helped found

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