The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was a British academic research facility located in Oxford, England. It operated as a division of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford until its closure in April 2024.[1]
Organization
FHI was a research centre within the University of Oxford. It was partnered with the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, another Oxford institution.[2]
Team
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avital Balwit | Research Scholar[3] | Future Fund |
| Nick Beckstead | Research Fellow[4] | Open Philanthropy, FTX Foundation, Future Fund, Centre for Effective Altruism |
| Nick Bostrom | Director[5] | Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Yale University, European Commission, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| Charlie Giattino | Researcher[6] | Our World in Data, Centre for the Governance of AI, AI Impacts |
| Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh | Senior Academic Manager (September 2013 - April 2015)[7] | Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Oxford Martin School, Wolfe Bioinformatics Laboratory, Global Shapers Cambridge |
| Hamish Hobbs | Research Scholar[8] | Longview Philanthropy, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office for Artificial Intelligence |
| Luisa Rodriguez | Researcher[9] | 80,000 Hours, Rethink Priorities, Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research, ImpactMatters, Innovations for Poverty Action, GiveWell |
| Jonas Sandbrink | Biosecurity Researcher[10] | Nuffield Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) |
| Toby Shevlane | Researcher[11] | PopShift, DeepMind |
| Charlotte Siegmann | Researcher[12] | Global Priorities Institute, Longview Philanthropy, German Institute for Economic Research |
| Andrew Snyder-Beattie | Director of Research[13] | Longview Philanthropy, Open Philanthropy |
Funding
The institute received significant funding from:[14]
- Alexander Tamas
- Amlin
- Effective Altruism Funds[15]
- Elon Musk
- European Research Council
- Future of Life Institute
- Leverhulme Trust
- Luke Ding
- Open Philanthropy
- Oxford Martin School
External links
Maiberg, E. (2024, April 17). Institute That Pioneered AI “Existential Risk” Research Shuts Down. 404 Media. http://archive.today/2024.04.18-194316/https://www.404media.co/institute-that-pioneered-ai-existential-risk-research-shuts-down/ ↩︎
Home. Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.07.02-040021/https://www.cser.ac.uk/ ↩︎
About. Future Fund. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.11.11-095419/https://ftxfuturefund.org/about/ ↩︎
About. FTX Foundation. Retrieved November 17, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.11.17-173819/https://ftxfoundation.org/about/ ↩︎
Advisors. Singularity Institute. Retrieved February 11, 2010, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100211210711/http://singinst.org/aboutus/advisors ↩︎
Our Team. Our World in Data. Retrieved March 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214612/https://ourworldindata.org/team ↩︎
Curriculum Vitae: Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Areas of Specialisation. Future of Humanity Institute. Retrieved June 13, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210613012403/https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Seán-Ó-hÉigeartaigh.pdf ↩︎
Hamish Hobbs. Longview Philanthropy. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230321033954/https://www.longview.org/hamish-hobbs ↩︎
About us. Forethought Foundation. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230321081801/https://www.forethought.org/about-us ↩︎
Jonas Sandbrink. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230610143509/https://thebulletin.org/biography/jonas-sandbrink/ ↩︎
EXPERTS_Future of Tech & Morality. PopShift (by Pathos Labs). Retrieved March 11, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.11-073945/https://popshift.org/tech_morality/ ↩︎
Charlotte Siegmann. Longview Philanthropy. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230321034057/https://www.longview.org/charlotte-siegmann ↩︎
People. Longview Philanthropy. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230321033915/https://www.longview.org/people ↩︎
Support FHI. Future of Humanity Institute. Retrieved October 20, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.10.20-171440/https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/support-fhi/ ↩︎
Grants Database. Effective Altruism Funds. Retrieved December 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221225054148/https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/grants ↩︎
