Balancing Progress with Responsibility to Protect People and the Planet
LASST believes in the transformative power of science and technology to improve lives. While advances in science and technology bring incredible benefits, we must ensure they are developed safely and deployed responsibly.
The need to balance the undeniable positive potential for rapidly-advancing technologies like generative AI and gene synthesis against the potential for misaligned systems, accidents, or misuse by malign actors to cause catastrophic harm has become one of the most important projects of our generation.
LASST adds legal advocacy to the toolkit of those seeking to ensure advances in science and technology benefit people and the planet through direct advocacy and by encouraging and empowering legal professionals to get involved.
Tyler started his career as a commercial litigator, spending over 15 years as an associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. After taking some time off, he spent a year as a 501(c)(3) public charity’s first General Counsel. Tyler left that role at the end of 2023 to start LASST, looking for an opportunity to leverage his experience as a litigator and advocate to make the world a better place.
Vivian Dong is a graduate of Harvard Law School and before joining LASST was an associate attorney at the law firm of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. in Washington, D.C.
Since obtaining her legal degrees and LL.M. from the City Law School, University of London, Cortney has been responsible for nonprofit operations for over 15 years. She has previously worked in the human rights and Effective Altruism spaces.
Ben attended Yale Law School and worked as Staff Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before joining LASST.
Tyler started his career as a commercial litigator, spending over 15 years as an associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. After taking some time off, he spent a year as a 501(c)(3) public charity’s first General Counsel. Tyler left that role at the end of 2023 to start LASST, looking for an opportunity to leverage his experience as a litigator and advocate to make the world a better place.
Amy works as a Director at the Centre for Effective Altruism, where she has previously served as General Counsel. Before working at CEA she was a civil rights attorney in Detroit and also worked as Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. She graduated from NYU Law School.
Page Hedley began his career as a litigator, including impact litigation at a nonprofit and commercial litigation at Williams & Connolly LLP. Since 2016, he has focused on AI policy at both industry and nonprofit organizations.
Laurens Prins is a Dutch legal professional who has worked in private practice in international law firms, in-house at a major energy company, and as a judge in the Netherlands.
Since obtaining her legal degrees and LL.M. from the City Law School, University of London, Cortney has been responsible for nonprofit operations for over 15 years. She has previously worked in the human rights and Effective Altruism spaces.