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Facebook username futureoflifeinstitute
YouTube username channel/UC-rCCy3FQ-GItDimSR9lhzw
Twitter username FLIxrisk
Website https://futureoflife.org/
Launch date 2014-03-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Life_Institute
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2024-03-02
Donations List Website (data still preliminary) donor, donee

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2014 7 Ales Flidr, Anthony Aguirre, Jaan Tallinn, Jesse Galef, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Richard Mallah, Victoria Krakovna
2015 12 Ales Flidr, Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Richard Mallah, Victoria Krakovna
2016 14 Jacob Beebe Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2017 16 Alan Yan, Jacob Beebe Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2018 17 Alan Yan, Jacob Beebe Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2019 15 Jacob Beebe Anthony Aguirre, Daniel Dewey, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2020 15 Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna
2021 20 Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Risto Uuk Andrea Berman, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Taylor Jones, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna
2022 23 Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Risto Uuk Akhil Deo, Andrea Berman, Anna Hehir, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Claudia Prettner, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Mark Brakel, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Richard Mallah, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna
2023 28 Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Fazl Barez, Risto Uuk, Risto Uuk Akhil Deo, Alexandra Tsalidis, Andrea Berman, Anna Hehir, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Ben Eisenpress, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, Jaan Tallinn, Landon Klein, Maggie Munro, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Richard Mallah, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna Tim Schreier
2024 26 Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Fazl Barez, Isabella Hampton, Risto Uuk Alexandra Tsalidis, Andrea Berman, Anna Hehir, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Ben Eisenpress, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, Jaan Tallinn, Landon Klein, Maggie Munro, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna Tim Schreier

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2014-01-01 1 Jesse Galef
2015-01-01 8 Ales Flidr, Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, Jaan Tallinn, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Richard Mallah, Victoria Krakovna
2016-01-01 12 Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Richard Mallah, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2017-01-01 14 Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2018-01-01 15 Alan Yan, Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey, David Stanley, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2019-01-01 13 Anthony Aguirre, Daniel Dewey, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna, Yishuai Du
2020-01-01 13 Anthony Aguirre, Daniel Dewey, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna
2021-01-01 16 Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Lucas Perry, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Tucker Davey, Victoria Krakovna
2022-01-01 18 Andrea Berman, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Jaan Tallinn, Lucas Perry, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Risto Uuk, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna
2023-01-01 21 Akhil Deo, Andrea Berman, Anna Hehir, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Fazl Barez, Jaan Tallinn, Landon Klein, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Risto Uuk, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna
2024-01-01 24 Alexandra Tsalidis, Andrea Berman, Anna Hehir, Anna Yelizarova, Anthony Aguirre, Ben Eisenpress, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Daniel Dewey, David E. Nicholson, Emilia Javorsky, Fazl Barez, Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, Jaan Tallinn, Landon Klein, Maggie Munro, Mark Brakel, Maxim Kesin, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Melody Guan, Na Li, Richard Mallah, Risto Uuk, Taylor Jones, Victoria Krakovna

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
27 27 0 Alan Alda, Alan Guth, Blake Pierson, Chase Moores, Christof Koch, Daniel R. Miller, Elon Musk, Eric Gastfriend, Erik Brynjolfsson, Francesca Rossi, Frank Wilczek, George Church, Janos Kramar, Kazue Evans, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, Morgan Freeman, Nick Bostrom, Peter Haas, Rafael Martinez-Galarza, Sandra Faber, Saul Perlmutter, Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Vera Koroleva, William Jones, Zara Yaqoob
2014-01-01 28 1 0 Jesse Galef
2014-03-01 29 1 0 Victoria Krakovna
2014-04-01 31 2 0 Ales Flidr, Richard Mallah
2014-05-01 34 3 0 Anthony Aguirre, Jaan Tallinn, Meia Chita-Tegmark
2015-01-01 35 2 -1 Ariel Conn, Daniel Dewey Jesse Galef
2015-02-01 36 1 0 Maxim Kesin
2015-04-01 37 1 0 David Stanley
2015-05-01 38 1 0 Melody Guan
2015-10-01 39 1 0 Lucas Perry
2015-12-01 38 0 -1 Ales Flidr
2016-01-01 39 1 0 Yishuai Du
2016-06-01 41 2 0 Jacob Beebe, Na Li
2017-01-01 42 1 0 Tucker Davey
2017-02-01 43 1 0 Alan Yan
2018-06-01 44 1 0 Lucas Perry
2018-08-01 43 0 -1 Alan Yan
2019-01-01 41 0 -2 Ariel Conn, David Stanley
2019-03-01 42 1 0 Emilia Javorsky
2019-05-01 41 0 -1 Jacob Beebe
2020-01-01 40 0 -1 Yishuai Du
2020-04-01 41 1 0 David E. Nicholson
2020-06-01 42 1 0 Anna Yelizarova
2021-01-01 43 1 0 Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez
2021-05-01 43 1 -1 Mark Brakel Tucker Davey
2021-06-01 42 0 -1 Lucas Perry
2021-07-01 43 1 0 Andrea Berman
2021-07-06 44 1 0 Risto Uuk
2021-09-01 45 1 0 Taylor Jones
2022-03-01 44 0 -1 Lucas Perry
2022-08-01 45 2 -1 Akhil Deo, Claudia Prettner Mark Brakel
2022-09-01 46 1 0 Mark Brakel
2022-10-01 46 1 -1 Richard Mallah Richard Mallah
2022-11-01 47 1 0 Anna Hehir
2022-12-01 46 0 -1 Claudia Prettner
2023-01-01 48 2 0 Fazl Barez, Landon Klein
2023-03-01 49 1 0 Ben Eisenpress
2023-06-01 49 3 -3 Maggie Munro, Richard Mallah, Risto Uuk Akhil Deo, Richard Mallah, Risto Uuk
2023-07-01 50 1 0 Hamza Tariq Chaudhry
2023-09-01 51 1 0 Alexandra Tsalidis
2023-11-27 52 1 0 Tim Schreier
2024-02-27 53 1 0 Isabella Hampton
2024-03-02 45 0 -8 Eric Gastfriend, Janos Kramar, Kazue Evans, Na Li, Peter Haas, Rafael Martinez-Galarza, Vera Koroleva, Zara Yaqoob

List of people (69 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Akhil Deo Communications Specialist 2022-08-01 2023-06-01 full-time [1]
Alan Alda Advisor [2]
Alan Guth Advisor [2]
Alan Yan Research & Community Engagement 2017-02-01 2018-08-01 [3]
Ales Flidr Volunteer 2014-04-01 2015-12-01 volunteer [4], [5]
Alexandra Tsalidis EU Policy Fellow 2023-09-01 [2], [6]
Andrea Berman Grants Manager 2021-07-01 [7], [2]
Anna Hehir Program Manager for Autonomous Weapons Systems 2022-11-01 [8], [2]
Anna Yelizarova Project Manager 2020-06-01 [9], [2]
Anthony Aguirre Executive Director and co-founder 2014-05-01 board member [3], [10], [11], [2]
Ariel Conn Director of Communications and Outreach 2015-01-01 2019-01-01 [12], [3]
Ben Eisenpress Director of Operations 2023-03-01 full-time [13], [14], [2]
Blake Pierson Director of Communications, Outreach and Operations [3]
Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez Artificial Intelligence Policy Researcher / UN Representative 2021-01-01 full-time [15], [2]
Chase Moores Volunteer [5]
Christof Koch Advisor [2]
Claudia Prettner EU Representative 2022-08-01 2022-12-01 [16]
Daniel Dewey Program Officer for AI Grants 2015-01-01 [17]
Daniel R. Miller Volunteer volunteer [5]
David E. Nicholson Director, Future of Life Award 2020-04-01 full-time [18], [2]
David Stanley Project Coordinator 2015-04-01 2019-01-01 volunteer [19], [20]
Elon Musk Advisor [2]
Emilia Javorsky Director, Futures Program 2019-03-01 [21], [2]
Erik Brynjolfsson Advisor [2]
Eric Gastfriend 2024-03-02 [22]
Fazl Barez AI Research (AI Existential Safety) Affiliate 2023-01-01 [23]
Francesca Rossi Advisor [2]
Frank Wilczek Advisor [2]
George Church Advisor [2]
Hamza Tariq Chaudhry US Policy Specialist 2023-07-01 full-time [24], [2]
Isabella Hampton Policy Researcher 2024-02-27 [25], [2]
Jaan Tallinn Co-Founder 2014-05-01 board member [26], [2]
Jacob Beebe International Research Assistant 2016-06-01 2019-05-01 [27]
Janos Kramar Volunteer 2024-03-02 [28]
Jesse Galef Program Manager 2014-01-01 2015-01-01 [29]
Kazue Evans 2024-03-02 [30]
Landon Klein Director of U.S. Policy 2023-01-01 [2], [31]
Lucas Perry Project Manager 2015-10-01 2021-06-01 full-time [32], [3]
Lucas Perry Host, Future of Life Institute Podcast 2018-06-01 2022-03-01 full-time [32], [3]
Maggie Munro Communications Strategist 2023-06-01 full-time [33], [2]
Mark Brakel Director of European Policy 2021-05-01 2022-08-01 full-time [34]
Mark Brakel Director of Policy 2022-09-01 full-time [34], [35], [2]
Martin Rees Advisor [2]
Maxim Kesin Volunteer 2015-02-01 [36]
Max Tegmark President and Co-Founder board member [2]
Meia Chita-Tegmark Co-Founder 2014-05-01 board member [3], [37], [2]
Melody Guan Volunteer 2015-05-01 volunteer [38], [3]
Morgan Freeman Advisor [2]
Na Li Volunteer 2016-06-01 2024-03-02 volunteer [39], [3]
Nick Bostrom Advisor [2]
Peter Haas Volunteer 2024-03-02 [40]
Rafael Martinez-Galarza 2024-03-02 [41]
Richard Mallah Director of AI Projects 2014-04-01 2022-10-01 [42]
Richard Mallah Technical AI consultant 2022-10-01 2023-06-01 [42], [10]
Richard Mallah Principal AI Safety Strategist 2023-06-01 [2], [42]
Risto Uuk Policy Researcher 2021-07-06 2023-06-01 [43]
Risto Uuk EU Research Lead 2023-06-01 [2], [43]
Sandra Faber Advisor [2]
Saul Perlmutter Advisor [2]
Stephen Hawking Advisor [2]
Stuart Russell Advisor [2]
Taylor Jones Website Manager 2021-09-01 [44]
Tim Schreier Policy Researcher & Technical Standards Advisor 2023-11-27 [45], [2]
Tucker Davey Writer and Editor 2017-01-01 2021-05-01 full-time [46], [3]
Vera Koroleva 2024-03-02 [47]
Victoria Krakovna Co-Founder 2014-03-01 board member [48], [2]
William Jones Editorial Manager [2]
Yishuai Du Volunteer 2016-01-01 2020-01-01 [49], [3]
Zara Yaqoob volunteer 2024-03-02 [50]

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AI Alignment Podcast: An Overview of Technical AI Alignment with Rohin Shah (Part 2) 2019-04-25 Lucas Perry Future of Life Institute Rohin Shah, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Gillian Hadfield Embedded agency, Cooperative inverse reinforcement learning, inverse reinforcement learning, deep reinforcement learning from human preferences, recursive reward modeling, iterated amplification Part two of a podcast episode that goes into detail about some technical approaches to AI alignment.
AI Alignment Podcast: An Overview of Technical AI Alignment with Rohin Shah (Part 1) 2019-04-11 Lucas Perry Future of Life Institute Rohin Shah iterated amplification Part one of an interview with Rohin Shah that goes covers some technical agendas for AI alignment.

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