Overview - The Future Society

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 Aligning 

 Ensuring that AI poses no severe risks and promotes security, sovereignty, and fundamental freedoms.

 artificial intelligence 

 Our focus is on the most powerful AI, including advanced efforts toward autonomous agents, Artificial General Intelligence, or superintelligence.

 through better governance . 

 Decision-makers, policies, strategies, and other checks and balances that guide AI developers.

 Who We Are 

 At The Future Society, we have always looked ahead. We prepare decision-makers for the geopolitical and security disruptions that AI brings.

 What motivates us? Our vision is a world where humanity is protected from the gravest risks of powerful AI, as governance prevents catastrophic harms and conflicts, and fosters global security, sovereignty, and human progress.

 Our story begins in 2014, when an international group of technology and policy strategists convened roundtables to anticipate what the future could look like, and the role that AI and Artificial General Intelligence would play in it. Long before AI dominated mainstream news headlines, we recognized it as a transformative global challenge calling for national and international governance response. From this point, our mission was clear.

 This led to The Future Society’s establishment as a U.S.-registered 501(c)3 in 2016 driven by the idea that AI governance is fundamental for enabling an AI-powered era.

 

 How We Work 

 The Future Society advises American, European, and other influential decision-makers worldwide. We draw on our analyses and strong networks to provide them with pragmatic guidance. We help governments act for security early, coordinate amidst shifting power dynamics, and navigate technological, catastrophic, and political risks from powerful AI.

 Our international team of AI geopolitics, technical, and governance experts help craft the rules, strategies, and agreements that make AI development safer for everyone.

 As an independent policy organization, we:

 anticipate the varied disruptions from powerful AI through our discerning research;
 convene a broad range of AI actors to converge on feasible solutions;
 inform decision-makers with actionable plans to respond with confidence, not confusion.
 Major Milestones 

 2014 2014 - October 3, 2014: The Future Society (TFS) was formed at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government 

 

 2014 
 2017 2017 - August 10, 2016: TFS incorporated as nonprofit 501(c)(3) in the U.S. 

 

 
 2017 2017 - TFS announces Global Civic Debate at Harvard JFK Jr. Forum 

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 2017 
 2018 2018 - TFS organizes the first edition of the Global Governance of AI Roundtable 

 
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 2018 
 2018 2018 - TFS co-hosts inaugural US-China Tech Summit 

 
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 2019 2019 - TFS organizes the second edition of the Global Governance of AI Roundtable 

 
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 2019 
 2019 2019 - TFS contributes to OECD AI Principles

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