Mission

The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity�s long-term future.

Audio

13 Oct 2009
Global Catastrophic Risk - podcast

13 May 2009
The Mission of The Future of Humanity Institute

13 May 2009
The Fable of The Dragon Tyrant

13 May 2009
The Nature Podcast

13 May 2009
The Future and You

19 May 2009
Extraterrestrial Life

09 Jun 2009
Prof. Thomas-Homer Dixon: Uncertainty, Lags and and Nonlinearity: Challenges to Governance in a Turbulent World

Video

29 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Demis Hassibis

29 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Bryce Huebner

29 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Matthew Blaschko

29 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Barry Dainton

29 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Elizabeth Schechter

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Jesse Prinz 2

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Jesse Prinz

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Ben Kuipers

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Nick Bostrom

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Randal Koene

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Tim Bayne

18 Jul 2011
Winter Intelligence Conference 2011 - Eliezer Yudkowsky

20 Nov 2009
Global Catastrophic Risks

13 Oct 2009
Nick Bostrom at Activate 2009

05 Aug 2009
GCR: An Overview, and Caution about Risk Assessments

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Milan Cirkovic - Closing Speech

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Toby Ord - Probing the Improbable

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Chris Phoenix & Mike Trender - Small Machines Big Choices

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Elizer Yudkowsky - (Artificial) Intelligence: The Wild Card

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: William Potter&Gary Ackerman - Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Joseph Cirincione - Nuclear Catastrophic Risk

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Ali Nouri - Biotechnology and Biosecurity

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Fred Adams - The Long Term Future Of Our Dying Universe

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: William Napier - Hazards Due To Comets and Asteroids

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: David Morrison - Cosmic Impacts: The Most Extreme Global Catastrophies

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Robin Hanson - Catastrophe, Social Collapse and Human Extinction

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Christopher Wills - Disasters, ecological diversity and the future of humanity

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Peter Taylor - Catastrophes and Insurance

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: James Hughes - Avoiding Millennialist Cognitive Biases

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Elizer Yudkowsky: Rationally Considering the End of the World

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Jonathan Wiener: Institutional Adaptaption

09 Jun 2009
GCR 2008: Nick Bostrom - Introduction