Future of Humanity Institute (Oxford University)

18/01/2021

Will you start a DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2021/22? Does your research aim to answer crucial questions for improving the long-term prospects of humanity?

Consider FHI’s DPhil scholarships.

Apply by February 14th.

Learn more here:

FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute at Oxford University studying big picture questions for human civilization.

26/10/2020

Join our session on Wednesday with Margaret Roberts Associate Professor in political science at UCSD and Jeff Ding on the implications of China's censorship on its AI development.

Register now for Centre for the Governance of AI's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Wednesday October 28, 2020 at 5:00 pm GMT.

16/09/2020

FHI is hiring Researchers, Research Fellows, and Senior Research Fellows, offering talented scholars freedom to think about the most important issues of our era.

Apply by Oct 19th.

More info here: https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/researcher-hiring-2020/

We're hiring across our research areas:
Foundational Deep Future Topics and Global Priorities Research, also called macrostrategy, focusing on the impact of future technology, x-risk assessment, anthropics, population ethics, game theory, and consideration of the Fermi paradox.
https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/macro-researchers/

The Centre for the Governance of AI, investigating how technological trends, geopolitics, and governance structures will affect the development and use of increasingly capable AI systems.https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/aigovernance-researchers/

Technical AI Safety, the long-term goal of which is to contribute to safe, robust AGI systems that are aligned with human values. https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/aisafety-researchers/

Biosecurity, investigating the danger of Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, and how these are best addressed. https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/biosecurity-researchers/

11/09/2020

Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. How should we make decisions in the face of such uncertainty?

Moral Uncertainty, a new book by William MacAskill, Krister Bykvist, & Toby Ord, tackles this question.
tinyurl.com/y5vebafq

How should we make decisions when we’re uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do? In their new book MacAskill, Bykvist and Ord argue that there are...

31/08/2020

Our Centre for the Governance of AI is looking for a Project Manager to become a central part of its team, contributing to strategy, operations, recruitment, and potentially research as well as policy engagement.

Apply by 30 September.

https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ai-governance-project-manager/

28/08/2020

We’re hiring a new cohort of research scholars for a selective, two-year research programme. If you want to help answer big-picture questions about humanity’s future, find out more here: https://fhi.ox.ac.uk/rsp/

Deadline 14th September.

06/08/2018

The Governance of AI (GovAI) Program at the Future of Humanity Institute is now hiring an AI Strategy Project Manager. The GovAI Program is undergoing a period of exciting expansion, strategy development, and partnership development, and the Project Manager will be an integral part of driving this growth forward.

The Project Manager will be a central driver of the development of GovAI’s growth plans, and will play a key role ensuring that these plans are executed upon. This includes but is not limited to creating opportunities for amplifying the impact of research outputs, establishing partnerships with relevant stakeholders in academia and policymaking circles, and acting as an ambassador for GovAI within Oxford and externally.

This is a challenging and high opportunity role. It will benefit from an individual with a proactive mindset, excellent judgment, and ability to contribute to the range of the program's activities. Other desired traits include operational and organizational skills, team management experience, and strong written and oral communication skills. The Project Manager will have responsibility for leading and carrying out projects. This role will interact with academic and administrative staff at all levels of the university.

This position is full time (part-time considered) based in Oxford; visa eligible. For further details and to apply, head here. Deadline: 12:00 noon 31 August 2018. Apply at https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/ using vacancy ID number: 136185.

If you have additional questions, you can email: [email protected]

21/02/2018

We have just published a new report: “The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation.” This is a collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, OpenAI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for a New American Security, and 9 other institutions, drawing on expertise from a wide range of areas, including AI, cybersecurity, and public policy.

Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation

19/02/2018

"When so much is at stake, collective caution should be the guiding principle—not unilateral action. Not all discoveries justify courting global catastrophe." - Article by FHI's Gregory Lewis on risks surrounding the recent horse-pox synthesis

The horsepox synthesis story highlights a more general challenge facing dual-use research in biotechnology.

05/01/2018

Watch FHI's Allan Dafoe give an in-depth overview of issues in Governance of Artificial Intelligence at Effective Altruism Global London 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWKHx2bE1H4

AI will transform employment, wealth, power, and world order, posing tremendous opportunities and risks. Allan Dafoe will reflect on how we can prepare for a...

03/01/2018

You only have one more week to apply to one of our two AI Safety research positions - AI Safety Research Scientist (https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ai-safety-research-scientist/) and AI Safety Postdoctoral Research Scientist (https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ai-safety-postdoctoral-research-scientist/)

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) is a multidisciplanary research institute at the University of Oxford focusing on existential risks.