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Vox's Future Perfect section covers global health, animal welfare, philanthropy, and emerging technology ethics. It occasionally touches on AI consciousness and sentience questions relevant to AI safety discourse, but is primarily a general-interest journalism hub rather than a dedicated AI safety resource.

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Future Perfect is Vox's editorial section dedicated to evidence-based journalism about improving the world, covering topics including global health, animal welfare, climate, and emerging technology. It features articles exploring ethical questions around AI sentience and philanthropy. The section is aimed at a general audience interested in effective altruism-adjacent topics.

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  • Covers a broad range of topics: global health, animal welfare, climate, philanthropy, and technology ethics.
  • Includes occasional AI-relevant content such as articles on AI sentience compared to animal consciousness.
  • Oriented toward evidence-based, solutions-focused journalism for a general audience.
  • Features the 'Future Perfect 25' list highlighting changemakers in global health and development.
  • Not a dedicated AI safety resource; AI coverage is incidental to its broader mission.

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Future Perfect

 Finding the best ways to do good. Check out our 2025 Future Perfect 25 list , which presents 25 changemakers who are innovating and implementing ways to keep making progress on global health and development.

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 Advice What’s more likely to be sentient: an ant or ChatGPT? Please don’t overthink this one.

 By Sigal Samuel Advice What’s more likely to be sentient: an ant or ChatGPT? Please don’t overthink this one.

 By Sigal Samuel Future Perfect Future Perfect Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy A medical field that almost died is quietly fixing one disease at a time.

 By Bryan Walsh Future Perfect Future Perfect Future Perfect, explained Welcome to Vox’s home for stories about changing the world.

 By Dylan Matthews Future Perfect Future Perfect Support Future Perfect We are always searching for new and innovative ways to fund the work we do and ensure the health of Future Perfect for years to come.

 By Vox Staff The latest in Future Perfect

 Future Perfect Apr 30 How 2,000 beagles set the animal rights movement on fire A viral campaign pitted activists against police tear gas in Wisconsin. It revealed a much bigger fight.

 By Marina Bolotnikova Future Perfect Apr 29 Future Perfect Apr 29 We’re missing the economic fallout of the Iran war — just like we did with Covid The cognitive trap that’s making us underestimate the Iran crisis.

 By Bryan Walsh The End of HIV Apr 29 The End of HIV Apr 29 What really happened after Trump slashed HIV funding The official numbers are finally here.

 By Pratik Pawar The Highlight Apr 29 What haunts America’s animal shelter workers “It’s draining, heartbreaking, and maddening.”

 By Kenny Torrella The Highlight Apr 28 The Highlight Apr 28 Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak Coal’s century at the top of the world’s power mix is over.

 By Bryan Walsh Future Perfect Apr 27 Future Perfect Apr 27 The surprising reason why pedestrian deaths are down in the US And why walking is still so dangerous here.

 By Marina Bolotnikova The Highlight Apr 27 The Highlight Apr 27 Should you feel guilty for killing the bugs in your house? Insects may feel pain. Do you have a moral duty to protect them from harm?

 By Sigal Samuel Future Perfect Apr 25 Future Perfect Apr 25 How charities should handle the next Jeffrey Epstein Is it okay to take money from bad people if it goes to a good cause?

 By Sara Herschander The End of HIV Apr 24 Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended Thanks to PrEP drugs, a country without HIV was in reach. That’s now at risk.

 By Sara Herschander Future Perfect Apr 24 Future Perfect Apr 24 The most successful health campaign in modern history How one number explains ho

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