Personnel: Nick Bostrom at Future of Humanity Institute (Founder & Director)
The provided source text is entirely about the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR), a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 in Berkeley, California. The record being verified concerns Nick Bostrom's role at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) from 2005-01 to 2024-04. The source does not mention Nick Bostrom, the Future of Humanity Institute, or any related information. This is a case of wrong source relevance — the source discusses a completely different organization and does not address the claims in the record at all.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Nick Bostrom
- Role
- Founder & Director
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- January 2005
- End Date
- April 2024
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Founded the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford in 2005; FHI closed April 2024; author of 'Superintelligence'
Source evidence
2 src · 2 checksNoteThe provided source text is entirely about the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR), a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 in Berkeley, California. The record being verified concerns Nick Bostrom's role at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) from 2005-01 to 2024-04. The source does not mention Nick Bostrom, the Future of Humanity Institute, or any related information. This is a case of wrong source relevance — the source discusses a completely different organization and does not address the claims in the record at all.
NoteThe source is Bostrom's personal homepage focused on his current research and publications. While it confirms Nick Bostrom is a real person working on AGI governance and related topics, it does not address his affiliation with the Future of Humanity Institute, his role as Founder & Director, or the employment dates (2005-01 to 2024-04). The absence of this information in the source does not contradict the record—it simply means the source does not cover these specific organizational and temporal claims. To verify these claims would require a source that explicitly discusses his FHI affiliation and tenure.