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 associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the largest law firm in the world dedicated to litigation and dispute resolution. 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 an associate attorney at the law firm of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. in Washington, D.C.
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.