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This institutional profile page is primarily useful for verifying Toby Ord's academic affiliation and accessing links to his publications; his book 'The Precipice' and other primary works are more substantive resources for understanding his contributions to existential risk and AI safety.
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This is the official Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics profile page for Toby Ord, philosopher and author of 'The Precipice.' Ord is a leading figure in existential risk research and the effective altruism movement, with scholarly work focused on global catastrophic risks, longtermism, and humanity's long-term future.
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- •Toby Ord is a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute and affiliated with Oxford's Practical Ethics centre.
- •Author of 'The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity', a foundational text in existential risk discourse.
- •Co-founder of Giving What We Can and a central figure in the effective altruism movement.
- •His research bridges academic philosophy with practical concerns about civilizational risk, including AI, pandemics, and nuclear war.
- •Profile serves as an institutional reference point for his academic affiliations, publications, and research focus.
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