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Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute (FHI)

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Future of Humanity Institute was part of the Faculty of Philosophy and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. Founded in 2005 and shut down in 2024, its director was Nick Bostrom. The mission of FHI was described on their website:

FHI puts together a wide range of researches, prominent on their original fields, which decided to focus on global questions about the progress and future of humanity.

The FHI was an affiliate to LessWrong and Overcoming Bias. Their past activities include holding a conference in 2008 titled Global Catastrophic Risks Conference and publishing multiple books:

See also

FHI pa­per pub­lished in Science: in­ter­ven­tions against COVID-19

SoerenMindDec 16, 2020, 9:19 PM
119 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Timeline of Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity Institute

riceissaMar 18, 2018, 6:45 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(timelines.issarice.com)

FHI pa­per on COVID-19 gov­ern­ment countermeasures

Bird ConceptJun 4, 2020, 9:06 PM
47 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(doi.org)

FHI Re­search Schol­ars Programme

habrykaJun 29, 2018, 2:31 AM
28 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

SIAI vs. FHI achieve­ments, 2008-2010

Kaj_SotalaSep 25, 2011, 11:42 AM
40 points
62 comments4 min readLW link

Google Deep­mind and FHI col­lab­o­rate to pre­sent re­search at UAI 2016

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 9, 2016, 6:08 PM
39 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Donat­ing to MIRI vs. FHI vs. CEA vs. CFAR

ChrisHallquistDec 27, 2013, 3:43 AM
31 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

FHI is hiring re­searchers!

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 23, 2015, 10:46 PM
20 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Has SIAI/​FHI con­sid­ered putting up prizes for con­tri­bu­tions to im­por­tant prob­lems?

jsalvatierJul 3, 2011, 5:26 PM
18 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute is hiring a pro­ject manager

crmflynnJan 26, 2017, 6:19 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s side­kick?

RobertWiblinDec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Nick Bostrom’s TED talk on Su­per­in­tel­li­gence is now online

chaosmageApr 27, 2015, 3:15 PM
34 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

2018 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 18, 2018, 4:46 AM
190 points
26 comments62 min readLW link1 review

2019 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 19, 2019, 3:00 AM
130 points
18 comments62 min readLW link

FHI (Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute) has shut down (2005–2024)

gwernApr 17, 2024, 1:54 PM
176 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org)

Ex­press in­ter­est in an “FHI of the West”

habrykaApr 18, 2024, 3:32 AM
268 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

Room for more fund­ing at the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity Institute

John_MaxwellNov 16, 2012, 8:45 PM
26 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Sny­der-Beat­tie, Sand­berg, Drexler & Bon­sall (2020): The Timing of Evolu­tion­ary Tran­si­tions Suggests In­tel­li­gent Life Is Rare

Kaj_SotalaNov 24, 2020, 10:36 AM
83 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(www.liebertpub.com)

Thoughts on AGI safety from the top

jylin04Feb 2, 2022, 8:06 PM
36 points
3 comments32 min readLW link

The Vuln­er­a­ble World Hy­poth­e­sis (by Bostrom)

Ben PaceNov 6, 2018, 8:05 PM
50 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(nickbostrom.com)

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute could make use of your money

danieldeweySep 26, 2014, 10:53 PM
78 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Claims & As­sump­tions made in Eter­nity in Six Hours

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:11 PM
50 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

A Vi­su­al­iza­tion of Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence

[deleted]Jul 23, 2014, 12:24 AM
62 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

De­ci­pher­ing China’s AI Dream

Qiaochu_YuanMar 18, 2018, 3:26 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

Dis­solv­ing the Fermi Para­dox, and what re­flec­tion it provides

Jan_KulveitJun 30, 2018, 4:35 PM
28 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

2017 AI Safety Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Com­par­i­son

LarksDec 24, 2017, 6:52 PM
41 points
5 comments23 min readLW link

Op­por­tu­ni­ties for in­di­vi­d­ual donors in AI safety

Alex FlintMar 31, 2018, 6:37 PM
30 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

AI Safety Re­search Camp—Pro­ject Proposal

David_KristofferssonFeb 2, 2018, 4:25 AM
29 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

The Sin­gu­lar­ity Wars

JoshuaFoxFeb 14, 2013, 9:44 AM
82 points
25 comments3 min readLW link
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