Future of Life Institute - Wikipedia

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 International nonprofit research institute 
 Not to be confused with Future of Humanity Institute . 
 Future of Life Institute Abbreviation FLI Formation March 2014 &#59; 12 years ago  ( 2014-03 ) Founders 
 Jaan Tallinn 

 Max Tegmark 

 Viktoriya Krakovna

 Anthony Aguirre 

 Meia Chita-Tegmark
 
 Type Non-profit research institute Purpose Reduction of existential risk , particularly from advanced artificial intelligence Headquarters Campbell, California , United States Locations 
 Global 

 Brussels , Belgium

 Campbell, California , United States

 London , United Kingdom

 Washington, D.C. , United States
 
 
 President Max Tegmark Endowment $665.8 million (in 2021) [ 1 ] Website futureoflife.org 
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 The Future of Life Institute ( FLI ) is a nonprofit organization which aims to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from large-scale risks, with a focus on existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). FLI's work includes grantmaking , educational outreach , and advocacy within the United Nations , United States government, and European Union institutions.

 The founders of the Institute include MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark , UCSC cosmologist Anthony Aguirre , and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn .

 
 Purpose

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 Max Tegmark , professor at MIT , one of the founders and current president of the Future of Life Institute 
 FLI's stated mission is to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from large-scale risks. [ 2 ] FLI's philosophy focuses on the potential risk to humanity from the development of human-level or superintelligent artificial general intelligence (AGI), but also works to mitigate risk from biotechnology, nuclear weapons and global warming. [ 3 ] 

 History

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 Founding

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 FLI was founded in March 2014 by MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark , Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn , DeepMind research scientist Viktoriya Krakovna, Tufts University postdoctoral scholar Meia Chita-Tegmark, and UCSC physicist Anthony Aguirre . 

 Activism

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 Starting in 2017, FLI has offered an annual "Future of Life Award", with the first awardee being Vasili Arkhipov . The same year, FLI released Slaughterbots , a short arms-control advocacy film. FLI released a sequel in 2021. [ 4 ] 

 In 2018, FLI drafted a letter calling for "laws against lethal autonomous weapons". Signatories included Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis , Shane Legg , and Mustafa Suleyman . &

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