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Country United Kingdom
Facebook username FHIOxford
YouTube username user/FHIOxford
Twitter username FHIOxford
Website https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
Launch date 2005-01-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Humanity_Institute
Donations List Website (data still preliminary) donee
Agendas Comprehensive AI services, Ambitious value learning

Staff 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. 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.

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2012 1 Daniel Dewey
2013 2 Daniel Dewey Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2014 2 Daniel Dewey Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2015 3 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2016 7 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn David Abel, David Kristoffersson, David Krueger, John Salvatier Allan Dafoe
2017 12 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sören Mindermann, William Saunders David Abel, David Kristoffersson, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu Allan Dafoe
2018 11 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, William Saunders David Abel, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom McGrath Allan Dafoe
2019 12 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, William Saunders David Abel, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom McGrath Allan Dafoe
2020 14 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sam Clarke, Tushant Jha, William Saunders David Abel, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom McGrath Allan Dafoe
2021 14 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sam Clarke, Tushant Jha, William Saunders David Abel, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom McGrath Allan Dafoe
2022 14 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sam Clarke, Tushant Jha, William Saunders David Abel, John Salvatier, Ryan Carey, Tamay Besiroglu, Tom McGrath Allan Dafoe

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
2012-01-01 1 Daniel Dewey
2013-01-01 1 Daniel Dewey
2014-01-01 2 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Daniel Dewey
2015-01-01 1 Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2016-01-01 2 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn
2017-01-01 3 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Kristoffersson
2018-01-01 4 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean
2019-01-01 4 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean
2020-01-01 5 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean
2021-01-01 7 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sam Clarke, Tushant Jha
2022-01-01 7 Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Carrick Flynn, David Manheim, Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, Sam Clarke, Tushant Jha

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
26 26 0 Anders Sandberg, Baobao Zhang, Ben Garfinkel, Carl Shulman, Cecilia Tilli, Chelsea Guo, Christopher Cundy, Clare Lyle, Daniel Filan, Eric Drexler, Jade Leung, Jan Leike, Jeffrey Ding, Katja Grace, Kyle Scott, Miles Brundage, Nick Bostrom, Niel Bowerman, Owain Evans, Paul Christiano, Robin Hanson, Roxanne Heston, Sebastian Farquhar, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Stuart Armstrong, Vincent C. Müller
2012-01-01 27 1 0 Daniel Dewey
2013-11-01 28 1 0 Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2015-01-01 27 0 -1 Daniel Dewey
2015-11-01 28 1 0 Carrick Flynn
2015-12-01 28 1 -1 Andrew Snyder-Beattie Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2016-01-01 29 1 0 Allan Dafoe
2016-07-01 32 3 0 David Abel, David Krueger, John Salvatier
2016-09-01 31 0 -1 David Krueger
2016-11-01 32 1 0 David Kristoffersson
2017-03-01 31 0 -1 David Kristoffersson
2017-07-01 32 1 0 Tamay Besiroglu
2017-07-03 35 3 0 Girish Sastry, Neal Jean, William Saunders
2017-09-01 36 1 0 Ryan Carey
2017-10-01 37 1 0 Sören Mindermann
2017-11-30 36 0 -1 Sören Mindermann
2018-01-01 37 1 0 Tom McGrath
2019-03-01 38 1 0 David Manheim
2020-07-01 39 1 0 Sam Clarke
2020-08-01 40 1 0 Tushant Jha

List of people (45 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Anders Sandberg Senior Research Fellow position background full-time [1], [2]
Tamay Besiroglu Intern 2017-07-01 position policy intern [3]
David Kristoffersson Contractor 2016-11-01 2017-03-01 GCR organization contractor [4]
Tom McGrath Intern 2018-01-01 position intern [5]
Nick Bostrom Founding Director [6]
Stuart Armstrong Research Fellow [6], [7]
Eric Drexler Senior Research Fellow [6], [8], [7]
Miles Brundage Research Fellow [6], [9], [10], [11]
Owain Evans Research Fellow [6], [12], [7], [11]
Allan Dafoe Research Associate 2016-01-01 [6], [13], [14], [11]
Carl Shulman Research Associate [6], [15]
Paul Christiano Research Associate [6], [16]
Robin Hanson Research Associate [6], [17]
Jan Leike Research Associate [6], [18], [7]
Katja Grace Research Associate [6], [19], [10]
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Research Associate [6], [20]
Carrick Flynn Research Project Manager 2015-11-01 [6], [21], [22], [10], [11]
Andrew Snyder-Beattie Director of Research 2015-12-01 [6], [23], [24], [10]
Andrew Snyder-Beattie Academic Project Manager 2013-11-01 2015-12-01 [6], [23], [24]
Ben Garfinkel Visiting Researcher [6], [25], [11]
Chelsea Guo Intern in Governance of AI Program [6], [26]
Daniel Dewey Research Fellow 2012-01-01 2015-01-01 [27], [28]
Vincent C. Müller Research Fellow [27], [29]
Cecilia Tilli Academic Project Manager [27]
William Saunders AI Safety Research Intern 2017-07-03 [30], [7]
Girish Sastry Visiting Researcher in Machine Learning 2017-07-03 [7], [31]
Neal Jean Research Assistant in Machine Learning 2017-07-03 [7], [32], [33]
Ryan Carey 2017-09-01 [34] Collaboration with Owain Evans on AI safety work.
David Krueger Intern 2016-07-01 2016-09-01 [35], [36], [37], [38], [39] April 2020: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient
Kyle Scott Executive Assistant [40]
Daniel Filan Intern [41] Working with Owain Evans
David Abel Intern 2016-07-01 [37]
John Salvatier Intern 2016-07-01 [37]
Niel Bowerman [10]
Christopher Cundy Research intern [42]
Jade Leung DPhil Student in Governance of Artificial Intelligence Program [42], [43]
Jeffrey Ding MPhil Student in Governance of Artificial Intelligence Program [42], [44]
Baobao Zhang Nuffield Collaborator [42], [45] Listed as an outside collaborator on the Governance of AI Program.
Roxanne Heston Yale-based Research Assistant [42], [46] Listed as an outside collaborator on the Governance of AI Program.
Sebastian Farquhar [11]
Clare Lyle [11], [47] 2020 class of the Open Phil AI Fellowship
Sören Mindermann Assistant Research Fellow 2017-10-01 2017-11-30 position technical research [48], [49], [50], [51], [50] August 2019: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient
Sam Clarke Summer Research Fellow 2020-07-01 position [52], [53]
Tushant Jha Visiting Research Scholar 2020-08-01 [38], [54] April 2020: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient
David Manheim Contract Researcher 2019-03-01 GCR organization technical research contractor [49], [55] August 2019: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient

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Organization documents (2 documents)

Title Publication date Author Publisher Affected organizations Affected people Document scope Cause area Notes
Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation 2019-02-26 Max Daniel Effective Altruism Forum Open Philanthropy, OpenAI, Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, Centre for Effective Altruism, Future of Humanity Institute, AI Impacts Daniel gives his experience applying to various effective altruist organizations, detailing the time he spent on applications and preparation.
After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation 2019-02-25 EA applicant Effective Altruism Forum Open Philanthropy, Centre for Effective Altruism, Future of Humanity Institute, Effective Giving UK, Rethink Charity, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Global Priorities Institute, Ought, Veddis, Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative A pseudonymous effective altruist gives their experience applying to various effective altruist (and related) organizations.

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