Search Results for: artificial intelligence

Posted on

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing on Technology, Trade, and Military-Civil Fusion: China’s Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence, New Materials, and New Energy. Jeffrey Ding and Helen Toner were among those providing evidence.

Posted on

Stefan Torges, wrote a response to the European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence. In this response, he focussed the analysis and recommendations on the proposed “ecosystem of trust” and associated international efforts.

AI Governance Researchers, Research Fellows, and Senior Research Fellows

Posted on

The Centre for Governance of AI, part of the Future of Humanity Institute, is seeking exceptional researchers to carry out collaborative research with our interdisciplinary team. Researchers in the team will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in a fast-growing field. FHI offers talented researchers freedom to think about the most important issues of […]

Researchers in Foundational Deep Future Topics / Global Priorities Research

Posted on

The Future of Humanity Institute is looking for exceptional researchers to join our Macrostrategy team. FHI’s big picture research focuses on the long-term consequences of our actions today and the complicated dynamics that are bound to shape our future in significant ways. A key aspect to this is the study of existential risks – events […]

Christ Church in Winter

Quarterly Update Winter 2020

Posted on
This is the FHI quarterly update for January to March 2020. It was an exceptional quarter due to the challenges and restrictions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. We implemented enhanced precautions a little while before the rest of the University and the UK as a whole kicked into action. We’re currently operating entirely online, with [...]

The Windfall Clause: Distributing the Benefits of AI

Posted on

Over the long run, technology has improved the human condition. Nevertheless, the economic progress from technological innovation has not arrived equitably or smoothly. While innovation often produces great wealth, it has also often been disruptive to labor, society, and world order. In light of ongoing advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”), we should prepare for the […]

Book and Website Now Available

Posted on

Toby Ord’s new book The Precipice is about existential risk and the future of humanity. Humanity stands at a precipice. We live at a time of unprecedented innovation. Technology is accelerating faster than at any point in history, granting us ever greater power, and creating ever greater risk. In the twentieth century, we developed the […]

Birds view of one of the Oxford colleges

Join our rapidly growing research teams

Posted on

THESE POSITIONS ARE NOW CLOSED The Future of Humanity Institute is opening several research positions to hire researchers who specialise either in one of our most visible current areas of research (Macrostrategy, Technical AI safety, Center for the Governance of AI, and Biosecurity), or in areas where we are looking to build capacity (mentioned below). As FHI grows in […]

Annual Report 2018 – Center for the Governance of AI

Posted on
GovAI Annual Report 2018 The governance of AI is in my view the most important global issue of the coming decades, and it remains highly neglected. It is heartening to see how rapidly this field is growing, and exciting to be part of that growth. This report provides a short summary of our work in [...]

Project Managers

Posted on
THESE POSITIONS ARE NOW CLOSED! We are seeking applications for two full time Project Manager roles. These roles will perform a critical function advancing FHI’s mission to ensure a long flourishing future. Both posts are fixed-term for 3 years from the date of appointment. Project Manager for the Research Scholars Programme (RSP). Applications are invited [...]