Future of Humanity Institute
FHI investigates what we can do now to ensure a long flourishing future.
FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. Academics at FHI bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy and social sciences to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects. The Institute is led by Founding Director Professor Nick Bostrom.
Humanity has the potential for a long and flourishing future. Our mission is to shed light on crucial considerations that might shape that future. Learn more…
Reframing Superintelligence Abstract: Studies of superintelligent-level systems have typically posited AI functionality that plays the role of a mind in a rational utility-directed agent, and hence employ an abstraction initially developed as an idealized model of human decision makers. Today, developments in AI technology highlight intelligent systems that are quite unlike minds, and provide a […]
A recent paper by FHI researcher Stuart Armstrong and former intern Soren Mindermann (now at the Vector Institute) has been accepted at NeurIPS 2018. The paper, Impossibility of deducing preferences and rationality from human policy, considers the scenario in which AI system learns the values and biases of a human agent concurrently. This extends an existing […]
This report examines the intersection of two subjects, China and artificial intelligence, both of which are already difficult enough to comprehend on their own. It provides context for China's AI strategy with respect to past science and technology plans, and it also connects the consistent and new features of China's AI approach to the drivers [...]
The Future of Humanity Institute is delighted to open applications to its new DPhil Scholarships programme. The scholarships are open to incoming Oxford DPhil students whose research seeks to improve the long-term prospects of humanity, and offer full funding as well as office space within FHI. See here for more information about the program and […]
Director’s Project Manager We are seeking applications for a full-time Project Manager. The incumbent will perform a critical function advancing FHI’s mission to ensure a long flourishing future. The post is fixed-term for 2 years from the date of appointment. You will work closely with the Head of Operations to lead and implement a variety […]
THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED The Future of Humanity Institute’s Research Scholars Programme is excited to open applications for its 2019 cohort. RSP is a selective, two-year research programme, with lots of latitude for exploration as well as significant training and support elements. We will offer roughly six to ten salaried positions to early-career researchers who […]
