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The '''Lifeboat Foundatation''' is "a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including [[genetic engineering]], [[nanotechnology]], and [[robotics]]/[[Artificial intelligence|AI]], as we move towards [[the Singularity]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Lifeboat Foundation|url=http://lifeboat.com/ex/about|publisher=The Lifeboat Founation|accessdate=26 April 2013}}</ref> 

Much of the money raised by the organization goes toward financing research projects at universities and other institutes.{{r|NYT1}}

== Advisory Boards ==

The Lifeboat foundation maintains dedicated "advisory boards"<ref name=LB1>{{cite web|title=Advisory Boards|url=http://lifeboat.com/ex/boards|publisher=The Lifeboat Foundation|accessdate=26 April 2013}}</ref> for research into specific topics related to [[existential risks]], including:{{r|LB1}}

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* Asteroid/Comet Impacts Board
* Astrobiology/SETI Board
* Biotech/Medical Board
* Business Board
* Chemistry Board
* Complex Systems Board
* Cosmology Board
* Counterterrorism Board
* Cybercrime/Malcode Board
* Diplomacy Board
* Economics Board
* Education Board
* Engineering Board
* Ethics Board
* Finance Board
* Futurists Board
* Geology/Geophysics Board
* Human-Nonhuman Relationship Board
* Human Trajectories Board
* Information Sciences Board
* Legal Board
* Life Extension Board
* Media & Arts Board
* Methods for Discovery & Solution Finding Board
* Nanotechnology Board
* Neuroscience Board
* Particle Physics Board
* Philosophy Board
* Physics Board
* Policy Board
* Religion/Spirituality Board
* Robotics/AI Board
* Scientific Freedom Board
* Social Factors Board
* Space Settlement Board
* Supercomputing Board
* Sustainability Board
* Transparency and Privacy Board
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The membership of these boards includes 13 [[Nobel laureate]]s{{r|LB1}}{{verification failed|date=April 2013}}, among them [[Eric Maskin]], who serves on the group’s economics board.{{r|NYT1}}

== References ==
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== External Links ==

*[http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/4610 The Lifeboat Foundation: A stealth attack on scientists?] 




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