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Kevin Esvelt selected for the Inverse Future 50

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Natasha Chomko

by Sarah Beckmann

April 3, 2020

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Sculpting Evolution head Kevin Esvelt has been named as one of the Inverse Future 50, “a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.” 

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