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Future of Humanity Institute

Summary

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was a research center at Oxford University founded by Nick Bostrom in 2005, focusing on existential risks, AI safety, and humanity's long-term future, closed in 2024.

Core Contribution

Founded the academic field of existential risk studies; Superintelligence and other FHI work established AI alignment as a serious research field.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • AI safety
  • existential risk
  • Nick Bostrom
  • Oxford

Historical Influences

Nick Bostrom EA movement philosophy

Intellectual Lineage

Nick Bostrom Oxford philosophy EA-adjacent research

Contemporaries & Peers

MIRI Center for Human-Compatible AIEA organizations

Minds Influenced

AI safety field existential risk researchMIRI Open Philanthropy AI

Intellectual Posterity

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