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Max Tegmark

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Birth Year
1967

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Birth Year1967—2 pts▶
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EducationRoyal Institute of Technology; Stockholm School of Economics; University of California, Berkeley—2 pts▶
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—Royal Institute of Technology; Stockholm School of Economics; University of California, Berkeleyview →
—B.A. Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; B.Sc. Physics, Royal Institute of Technology; M.A. Physics, UC Berkeley (1992); Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley (1994)view →
VerifiedNotable ForCo-founded Future of Life Institute; developed 23 Asilomar AI Principles; organized 2023 AI pause letter with 30,000+ signatories; author of Life 3.0 (NYT bestseller); TIME 100 Most Influential in AI 2023Mar 2026view →
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Tegmark—view →

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Websitehttp://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/—view →

Career History

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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyProfessor of Physics2004en.wikipedia.orgProfessor at MIT; research on cosmology and AI safetyNot checked
Future of Life Institute (FLI)Co-founder & President2014futureoflife.orgCo-founded FLI with Jaan Tallinn; organized AI safety conferences and the Asilomar AI principles; led the 2023 'Pause Giant AI Experiments' letterNot checked
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