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Wikipedia article on the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a key nonprofit organization focused on existential risk from advanced AI, known for grantmaking, advocacy, and publishing influential open letters like the 2023 AI pause letter.
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This Wikipedia article describes the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a nonprofit founded in 2014 by Max Tegmark, Jaan Tallinn, and others to steer transformative technology away from large-scale risks, especially from advanced AI. FLI engages in grantmaking, educational outreach, and policy advocacy across the UN, US government, and EU. Notable activities include the 2023 open letter calling for a six-month pause on AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
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- •FLI was founded in March 2014 by Max Tegmark, Jaan Tallinn, Viktoriya Krakovna, Anthony Aguirre, and Meia Chita-Tegmark.
- •FLI focuses on existential risk from advanced AI but also addresses biotechnology, nuclear weapons, and climate risks.
- •In March 2023, FLI published the influential 'Pause Giant AI Experiments' open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on AI development beyond GPT-4.
- •FLI engages in advocacy at the UN, US government, and EU institutions, and produces educational content like the Slaughterbots film.
- •FLI had an endowment of $665.8 million in 2021 and operates globally with offices in the US, UK, Belgium, and Washington D.C.
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| Future of Life Institute | Grant Received | $10 million | 2015 |
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Coordinates : 37°17′08″N 121°56′39″W  /  37.285476°N 121.944084°W  / 37.285476; -121.944084
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International nonprofit research institute
Not to be confused with Future of Humanity Institute .
Future of Life Institute Abbreviation FLI Formation March 2014 ; 12 years ago  ( 2014-03 ) Founders
Jaan Tallinn
Max Tegmark
Viktoriya Krakovna
Anthony Aguirre
Meia Chita-Tegmark
Type Non-profit research institute Purpose Reduction of existential risk , particularly from advanced artificial intelligence Headquarters Campbell, California , United States Locations
Global
Brussels , Belgium
Campbell, California , United States
London , United Kingdom
Washington, D.C. , United States
President Max Tegmark Endowment $665.8 million (in 2021) [ 1 ] Website futureoflife.org
37°17′08″N 121°56′39″W  /  37.285476°N 121.944084°W  / 37.285476; -121.944084
The Future of Life Institute ( FLI ) is a nonprofit organization which aims to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from large-scale risks, with a focus on existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). FLI's work includes grantmaking , educational outreach , and advocacy within the United Nations , United States government, and European Union institutions.
The founders of the Institute include MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark , UCSC cosmologist Anthony Aguirre , and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn .
Purpose
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Max Tegmark , professor at MIT , one of the founders and current president of the Future of Life Institute
FLI's stated mission is to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from large-scale risks. [ 2 ] FLI's philosophy focuses on the potential risk to humanity from the development of human-level or superintelligent artificial general intelligence (AGI), but also works to mitigate risk from biotechnology, nuclear weapons and global warming. [ 3 ]
History
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Founding
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FLI was founded in March 2014 by MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark , Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn , DeepMind research scientist Viktoriya Krakovna, Tufts University postdoctoral scholar Meia Chita-Tegmark, and UCSC physicist Anthony Aguirre .
Activism
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Starting in 2017, FLI has offered an annual "Future of Life Award", with the first awardee being Vasili Arkhipov . The same year, FLI released Slaughterbots , a short arms-control advocacy film. FLI released a sequel in 2021. [ 4 ]
In 2018, FLI drafted a letter calling for "laws against lethal autonomous weapons". Signatories included Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis , Shane Legg , and Mustafa Suleyman . &
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