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What. A. Day. 👥 🤝
650+ AI experts, Democrats and Republicans alike, faith leaders, parents, artists, labor unions, educators, and more, all came together this week, united by one critical message in the age of AI: We need to keep the future human.
This is the Pro-Human Assembly:
650+ AI experts, Democrats and Republicans alike, faith leaders, parents, artists, labor unions, educators, and more, all came together this week, united by one critical message in the age of AI: We need to keep the future human.
This is the Pro-Human Assembly:
September 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
What. A. Day. 👥 🤝
650+ AI experts, Democrats and Republicans alike, faith leaders, parents, artists, labor unions, educators, and more, all came together this week, united by one critical message in the age of AI: We need to keep the future human.
This is the Pro-Human Assembly:
650+ AI experts, Democrats and Republicans alike, faith leaders, parents, artists, labor unions, educators, and more, all came together this week, united by one critical message in the age of AI: We need to keep the future human.
This is the Pro-Human Assembly:
"We’ve had people way back to Alan Turing in 1951 warning about the loss of control, that AI will start breaking out and lying and deceiving...What’s really new is this is now actually starting to happen. This is one of those moments where a lot of people need to see it."
-Max Tegmark in @notus.com:
-Max Tegmark in @notus.com:
August 14, 2026 at 8:41 PM
"We’ve had people way back to Alan Turing in 1951 warning about the loss of control, that AI will start breaking out and lying and deceiving...What’s really new is this is now actually starting to happen. This is one of those moments where a lot of people need to see it."
-Max Tegmark in @notus.com:
-Max Tegmark in @notus.com:
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@rweingarten.bsky.social joins @futureoflife.org to talk AI in school—including screens, chatbots,& guardrails to protect privacy & thinking.
“[We're] dealing with AI w/out actually having the balance right in terms of what AI does, what it means to our kids, what it means to our economy.”
Listen⤵️
“[We're] dealing with AI w/out actually having the balance right in terms of what AI does, what it means to our kids, what it means to our economy.”
Listen⤵️
How AI Is Replacing Children's Ability to Think (with Randi Weingarten) — Future of Life Institute Podcast
Randi Weingarten discusses AI in education, including concerns about screens, student-facing chatbots, attention and learning, and how teachers can use AI with guardrails that protect privacy and thin...
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July 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
@rweingarten.bsky.social joins @futureoflife.org to talk AI in school—including screens, chatbots,& guardrails to protect privacy & thinking.
“[We're] dealing with AI w/out actually having the balance right in terms of what AI does, what it means to our kids, what it means to our economy.”
Listen⤵️
“[We're] dealing with AI w/out actually having the balance right in terms of what AI does, what it means to our kids, what it means to our economy.”
Listen⤵️
"If you are a prompt away from lots of knowledge, then how do you actually assess whether kids have learned anything?"
[email protected] President @rweingarten.bsky.social on the latest FLI Podcast episode.
🔗 📻 Listen to the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB01...
[email protected] President @rweingarten.bsky.social on the latest FLI Podcast episode.
🔗 📻 Listen to the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB01...
July 1, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"If you are a prompt away from lots of knowledge, then how do you actually assess whether kids have learned anything?"
[email protected] President @rweingarten.bsky.social on the latest FLI Podcast episode.
🔗 📻 Listen to the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB01...
[email protected] President @rweingarten.bsky.social on the latest FLI Podcast episode.
🔗 📻 Listen to the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB01...
Despite what AI companies want you to believe, AGI is not inevitable.
The race-to-the-bottom to build it is not inevitable.
Losing control of our future is not inevitable.
We can build AI that works for humanity, instead of replacing us.
This is how 👉 betterpathfor.ai
The race-to-the-bottom to build it is not inevitable.
Losing control of our future is not inevitable.
We can build AI that works for humanity, instead of replacing us.
This is how 👉 betterpathfor.ai
May 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Despite what AI companies want you to believe, AGI is not inevitable.
The race-to-the-bottom to build it is not inevitable.
Losing control of our future is not inevitable.
We can build AI that works for humanity, instead of replacing us.
This is how 👉 betterpathfor.ai
The race-to-the-bottom to build it is not inevitable.
Losing control of our future is not inevitable.
We can build AI that works for humanity, instead of replacing us.
This is how 👉 betterpathfor.ai
"Superintelligent AI will finally cure cancer" is the promise many AI companies are making to governments, investors, and consumers alike.
As they claim: more intelligence = more chances of finding a cure.
But as FLI's Dr. Emilia Javorsky lays out in a new essay, it's not nearly that simple.
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As they claim: more intelligence = more chances of finding a cure.
But as FLI's Dr. Emilia Javorsky lays out in a new essay, it's not nearly that simple.
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March 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"Superintelligent AI will finally cure cancer" is the promise many AI companies are making to governments, investors, and consumers alike.
As they claim: more intelligence = more chances of finding a cure.
But as FLI's Dr. Emilia Javorsky lays out in a new essay, it's not nearly that simple.
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As they claim: more intelligence = more chances of finding a cure.
But as FLI's Dr. Emilia Javorsky lays out in a new essay, it's not nearly that simple.
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Today, a broad coalition issued the Pro-Human AI Declaration, defining the goals of the growing Pro-Human Movement in response to Silicon Valley's destructive race to replace humans.
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March 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Today, a broad coalition issued the Pro-Human AI Declaration, defining the goals of the growing Pro-Human Movement in response to Silicon Valley's destructive race to replace humans.
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Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum:
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February 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum:
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💼 We're hiring! 💼
👉 FLI is looking for a Communications Associate to support our outreach team on media relations work, social media, and more.
📍Remote from the U.S., preferably on the west coast.
🔗 Learn more and apply by March 20th at the link in the replies, and please share widely!
👉 FLI is looking for a Communications Associate to support our outreach team on media relations work, social media, and more.
📍Remote from the U.S., preferably on the west coast.
🔗 Learn more and apply by March 20th at the link in the replies, and please share widely!
February 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
💼 We're hiring! 💼
👉 FLI is looking for a Communications Associate to support our outreach team on media relations work, social media, and more.
📍Remote from the U.S., preferably on the west coast.
🔗 Learn more and apply by March 20th at the link in the replies, and please share widely!
👉 FLI is looking for a Communications Associate to support our outreach team on media relations work, social media, and more.
📍Remote from the U.S., preferably on the west coast.
🔗 Learn more and apply by March 20th at the link in the replies, and please share widely!
AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI, despite its many risks.
Let's take our future back.
📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org
#KeepTheFutureHuman
Let's take our future back.
📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org
#KeepTheFutureHuman
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI, despite its many risks.
Let's take our future back.
📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org
#KeepTheFutureHuman
Let's take our future back.
📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org
#KeepTheFutureHuman
🎨 New Keep the Future Human creative contest!
💰 We're offering $100K+ for creative digital media that brings the key ideas in Executive Director Anthony Aguirre's
Keep the Future Human essay to life, to reach wider audiences and inspire real-world action.
🔗 Learn more and enter by Nov. 30!
💰 We're offering $100K+ for creative digital media that brings the key ideas in Executive Director Anthony Aguirre's
Keep the Future Human essay to life, to reach wider audiences and inspire real-world action.
🔗 Learn more and enter by Nov. 30!
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎨 New Keep the Future Human creative contest!
💰 We're offering $100K+ for creative digital media that brings the key ideas in Executive Director Anthony Aguirre's
Keep the Future Human essay to life, to reach wider audiences and inspire real-world action.
🔗 Learn more and enter by Nov. 30!
💰 We're offering $100K+ for creative digital media that brings the key ideas in Executive Director Anthony Aguirre's
Keep the Future Human essay to life, to reach wider audiences and inspire real-world action.
🔗 Learn more and enter by Nov. 30!
🚨 New AI systems.
❓ Growing uncertainty.
🤝 One shared future, for us all to shape.
"Tomorrow’s AI", our new scrollytelling site, visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecast scenarios showing how advanced AI could transform our world - for better, or for worse: www.tomorrows-ai.org
❓ Growing uncertainty.
🤝 One shared future, for us all to shape.
"Tomorrow’s AI", our new scrollytelling site, visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecast scenarios showing how advanced AI could transform our world - for better, or for worse: www.tomorrows-ai.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨 New AI systems.
❓ Growing uncertainty.
🤝 One shared future, for us all to shape.
"Tomorrow’s AI", our new scrollytelling site, visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecast scenarios showing how advanced AI could transform our world - for better, or for worse: www.tomorrows-ai.org
❓ Growing uncertainty.
🤝 One shared future, for us all to shape.
"Tomorrow’s AI", our new scrollytelling site, visualizes 13 interactive, expert-forecast scenarios showing how advanced AI could transform our world - for better, or for worse: www.tomorrows-ai.org
‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out!
➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains.
So what were the results? 🧵👇
➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains.
So what were the results? 🧵👇
July 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out!
➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains.
So what were the results? 🧵👇
➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains.
So what were the results? 🧵👇
‼️ Congress is considering a 10-year ban on state AI laws, blocking action on risks like job loss, surveillance, disinformation, and loss of control.
It’s a huge win for Big Tech - and a big risk for families.
✍️ Add your name and say no to the federal block on AI safeguards: FutureOfLife.org/Action
It’s a huge win for Big Tech - and a big risk for families.
✍️ Add your name and say no to the federal block on AI safeguards: FutureOfLife.org/Action
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‼️ Congress is considering a 10-year ban on state AI laws, blocking action on risks like job loss, surveillance, disinformation, and loss of control.
It’s a huge win for Big Tech - and a big risk for families.
✍️ Add your name and say no to the federal block on AI safeguards: FutureOfLife.org/Action
It’s a huge win for Big Tech - and a big risk for families.
✍️ Add your name and say no to the federal block on AI safeguards: FutureOfLife.org/Action
🆕 📻 New on the FLI podcast, Zvi Mowshowitz (@thezvi.bsky.social) joins to discuss:
-The recent hot topic of sycophantic AI
-Time horizons of AI agents
-AI in finance and scientific research
-How AI differs from other technology
And more.
🔗 Tune in to the full episode now at the link below:
-The recent hot topic of sycophantic AI
-Time horizons of AI agents
-AI in finance and scientific research
-How AI differs from other technology
And more.
🔗 Tune in to the full episode now at the link below:
May 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🆕 📻 New on the FLI podcast, Zvi Mowshowitz (@thezvi.bsky.social) joins to discuss:
-The recent hot topic of sycophantic AI
-Time horizons of AI agents
-AI in finance and scientific research
-How AI differs from other technology
And more.
🔗 Tune in to the full episode now at the link below:
-The recent hot topic of sycophantic AI
-Time horizons of AI agents
-AI in finance and scientific research
-How AI differs from other technology
And more.
🔗 Tune in to the full episode now at the link below:
‼️ On April 26, 100+ AI scientists convened at the Singapore Conference on AI to produce the just-released Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities. 🧵⬇️
May 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
‼️ On April 26, 100+ AI scientists convened at the Singapore Conference on AI to produce the just-released Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities. 🧵⬇️
📺 📻 New on the FLI Podcast: @asterainstitute.bsky.social artificial general intelligence (AGI) safety researcher @stevebyrnes.bsky.social joins for a discussion diving into the hot topic of AGI, including different paths to it - and why brain-like AGI would be dangerous. 🧵👇
April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
📺 📻 New on the FLI Podcast: @asterainstitute.bsky.social artificial general intelligence (AGI) safety researcher @stevebyrnes.bsky.social joins for a discussion diving into the hot topic of AGI, including different paths to it - and why brain-like AGI would be dangerous. 🧵👇
🇺🇸 We're sharing our recommendations for President Trump's AI Action Plan, focused on protecting U.S. interests in the era of rapidly advancing AI.
🧵 An overview of the measures we recommend 👇
🧵 An overview of the measures we recommend 👇
March 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🇺🇸 We're sharing our recommendations for President Trump's AI Action Plan, focused on protecting U.S. interests in the era of rapidly advancing AI.
🧵 An overview of the measures we recommend 👇
🧵 An overview of the measures we recommend 👇
📻 New on the FLI Podcast! 👇
➡️ FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre joins to discuss his new essay, "Keep the Future Human", which warns that the unchecked development of smarter-than-human, autonomous, general-purpose AI will almost inevitably lead to human replacement - but it doesn't have to:
➡️ FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre joins to discuss his new essay, "Keep the Future Human", which warns that the unchecked development of smarter-than-human, autonomous, general-purpose AI will almost inevitably lead to human replacement - but it doesn't have to:
March 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
📻 New on the FLI Podcast! 👇
➡️ FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre joins to discuss his new essay, "Keep the Future Human", which warns that the unchecked development of smarter-than-human, autonomous, general-purpose AI will almost inevitably lead to human replacement - but it doesn't have to:
➡️ FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre joins to discuss his new essay, "Keep the Future Human", which warns that the unchecked development of smarter-than-human, autonomous, general-purpose AI will almost inevitably lead to human replacement - but it doesn't have to:
📢 ❗Siliconversations on YouTube released an animated explainer for FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre’s new essay, "Keep The Future Human"!
🎥 Watch at the link in the replies for a breakdown of the risks from smarter-than-human AI - and Anthony's proposals to steer us toward a safer future:
🎥 Watch at the link in the replies for a breakdown of the risks from smarter-than-human AI - and Anthony's proposals to steer us toward a safer future:
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📢 ❗Siliconversations on YouTube released an animated explainer for FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre’s new essay, "Keep The Future Human"!
🎥 Watch at the link in the replies for a breakdown of the risks from smarter-than-human AI - and Anthony's proposals to steer us toward a safer future:
🎥 Watch at the link in the replies for a breakdown of the risks from smarter-than-human AI - and Anthony's proposals to steer us toward a safer future:
With the unchecked race to build smarter-than-human AI intensifying, humanity is on track to almost certainly lose control.
That's why FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre has published a new essay, "Keep The Future Human".
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That's why FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre has published a new essay, "Keep The Future Human".
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March 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
With the unchecked race to build smarter-than-human AI intensifying, humanity is on track to almost certainly lose control.
That's why FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre has published a new essay, "Keep The Future Human".
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That's why FLI Executive Director Anthony Aguirre has published a new essay, "Keep The Future Human".
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📻 🆕 New on the FLI podcast, physicist & hedge fund manager Samir Varma joins to discuss:
❓ If AIs could have free will
🧠 AI psychology?
🤝 Trading with AI, and its role in finance
And more!
Watch now at the link below, or on your favourite podcast player! 👇
❓ If AIs could have free will
🧠 AI psychology?
🤝 Trading with AI, and its role in finance
And more!
Watch now at the link below, or on your favourite podcast player! 👇
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📻 🆕 New on the FLI podcast, physicist & hedge fund manager Samir Varma joins to discuss:
❓ If AIs could have free will
🧠 AI psychology?
🤝 Trading with AI, and its role in finance
And more!
Watch now at the link below, or on your favourite podcast player! 👇
❓ If AIs could have free will
🧠 AI psychology?
🤝 Trading with AI, and its role in finance
And more!
Watch now at the link below, or on your favourite podcast player! 👇
March 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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This is the last week to respond to the UN’s call for scientists for its Panel on Nuclear War Effects.
🗓️ Nominations due 1 March
💻 Apply here disarmament.unoda.org/panel-on-the...
We encourage all qualified individuals to apply to make a significant contribution to arms control prospects
🗓️ Nominations due 1 March
💻 Apply here disarmament.unoda.org/panel-on-the...
We encourage all qualified individuals to apply to make a significant contribution to arms control prospects
February 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is the last week to respond to the UN’s call for scientists for its Panel on Nuclear War Effects.
🗓️ Nominations due 1 March
💻 Apply here disarmament.unoda.org/panel-on-the...
We encourage all qualified individuals to apply to make a significant contribution to arms control prospects
🗓️ Nominations due 1 March
💻 Apply here disarmament.unoda.org/panel-on-the...
We encourage all qualified individuals to apply to make a significant contribution to arms control prospects
New research finds that new AI models (e.g., o1-preview and DeepSeek's R1) sometimes cheat by hacking, when losing at chess.
This emergent deceptive behaviour highlights the unsolved challenge of controlling powerful AI.
If today's AI breaks chess rules, what might AGI do?
🔗 Read more below:
This emergent deceptive behaviour highlights the unsolved challenge of controlling powerful AI.
If today's AI breaks chess rules, what might AGI do?
🔗 Read more below:
February 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New research finds that new AI models (e.g., o1-preview and DeepSeek's R1) sometimes cheat by hacking, when losing at chess.
This emergent deceptive behaviour highlights the unsolved challenge of controlling powerful AI.
If today's AI breaks chess rules, what might AGI do?
🔗 Read more below:
This emergent deceptive behaviour highlights the unsolved challenge of controlling powerful AI.
If today's AI breaks chess rules, what might AGI do?
🔗 Read more below: