About us
We are a research nonprofit focused on how to navigate the transition to a world with superintelligent AI systems.
AI systems might soon be much more capable than humans, quickly leading to rapid technological development. Our analysis suggests that when AI can substitute for human researchers, we will see very rapid technological development: a century’s worth of progress compressed into years.
Issues that seem sci-fi today may become reality this decade. We might see new miracle drugs and new bioweapons; automated companies and automated militaries; superhuman prediction and superhuman persuasion.
These technologies thrust critical challenges on us: to control increasingly powerful AI systems, to ensure we share our new abundance, to figure out how AI can improve our collective reasoning and coordination, to work out what rights to give digital minds, and more.
We try to understand what’s coming and sketch a path to a flourishing future.
Team
Tom Davidson
Senior Research Fellow
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Will MacAskill
Senior Research Fellow
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Rose Hadshar
Research Fellow
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Fin Moorhouse
Research Fellow
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Lizka Vaintrob
Researcher
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Lukas Finnveden
Research Affiliate
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Ryan Greenblatt
Research Affiliate
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Amrit Sidhu-Brar
Director of Operations
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Max Dalton
Director
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Mission
We research how to navigate the transition to a world with superintelligent AI systems.
We are focused on the possibility of better-than-human AI coming soon, and triggering many different challenges. And we keep an eye on reaching really good futures, not just avoiding catastrophe.
Approach
We are building a small, focused team to tackle the most important questions we can find and share our findings, unrestricted by the current Overton window. We share our results with AI think tanks, companies, policy-makers who are focused on transformative AI, and the general public
Structure
We are a non-profit company based in Oxford, UK.
Our board members are Katie Hearsum, Max Daniel and Amrit Sidhu-Brar.
We are funded by generous donation from private individuals, and we welcome additional support.
How to follow our research
Browse our research catalogue to see past papers on a wide range of topics.
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Listen to our podcast, where we discuss our latest papers, and share seminar-room chats.