AI Safety Research Fellow

THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED   FHI is excited to invite applications for a full-time Research Fellow within the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford. The post is fixed-term for 24 months from the date of appointment. You will be responsible for conducting technical research in AI Safety. You can find […]

Research Fellow in Macrostrategy

THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow within the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford. This is a fixed-term post for 24 months from the date of appointment, located at the FHI offices in the beautiful city of Oxford. Reporting to the Director of Research […]

Deciphering China’s AI Dream

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 [...]

New report on the malicious use of AI

FHI is pleased to announce the publication of a report involving several of our researchers, entitled “The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation.” This report was written by researchers at the Future of Humanity Institute, the Center for the Study of Existential Risk, OpenAI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for a [...]

Quarterly Update Winter 2017

From the entire FHI team, we wish you all a great start into 2018! In this post, we would like to provide you with a summary of the FHI highlights over the last quarter of 2017. Highlights FHI launches the Governance of AI Program FHI is delighted to announce the formation of the Governance of AI […]

AI Safety Postdoctoral Research Scientist

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FHI is excited to invite applications for a full-time Post-Doctoral Research Scientist within the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford. The post is fixed-term for 24 months from the date of appointment. You will advance the field of AI safety by conducting technical research. You can find […]

Quarterly Update Autumn 2017

In the third quarter of 2017, FHI staff have continued their work in the institute’s four focus areas: AI Safety, AI Strategy, Biorisk, and Macrostrategy. Below, we outline some of our key outputs over the last quarter, current vacancies, and details on what our researchers have recently been working on. This quarter, we are saying […]

FHI joins the Partnership on AI

FHI joins the Partnership on AI

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) will be joining the Partnership on AI, a non-profit organisation founded by Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft, with the goal of formulating best practices for socially beneficial AI development.  We will be joining the Partnership alongside technology firms like Sony as well as third sector groups like […]