Future of Humanity Institute (closed)
- HQ / base
- Oxford
- Founded
- 2005–2024
- Money
- —
- Status
- —
Nick Bostrom's Oxford institute — origin of existential risk studies, Superintelligence (2014), the vulnerable-world hypothesis, early AI-governance (GovAI incubated here), Ord's Precipice. Oxford's Philosophy Faculty froze hiring/fundraising from 2020 (post-Bostrom-email tensions and admin conflicts); closed April 16, 2024. Its diaspora populates GovAI, Forethought, labs, and Macrostrategy Research Initiative (Bostrom's new perch).
Connections
- Nick Bostromfounded, directed
- Toby Ordsenior researcher
- Anders Sandbergsenior researcher (diaspora → Stockholm)
- Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)incubated within
- Nick Bostromclosed 2024; → Macrostrategy Research Initiative
- Carrick Flynnex-researcher
- Asterisk Magazinedefinitive retrospective
- Jason Mathenyearly affiliations