[ExI] Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University has closed down

[Kelly Anderson]

This is absolutely terrible news in my opinion. We need this sort of
thinking more and more right now. To have less of this line of thought
going forward is terrifying. They were always a good place for
documentary filmmakers to get pushed in a good direction it seemed.

-Kelly

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 1:08 PM efc--- via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Interesting. I think Boström has gotten quite a lot of exposure recently,
> but apparently not enough to keep the money flowing.
>
> I wonder if he will just recede back into the philosophy department or if
> he'll start a new organization with new backers?
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
>
> > Established in 2005, initially for a 3-year period, the Future of
> > Humanity Institute was a multidisciplinary research group at Oxford
> > University.  It was founded by Prof Nick Bostrom.
> >
> > <https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/>
> >
> > Quote:
> > Over time FHI faced increasing administrative headwinds within the
> > Faculty of Philosophy (the Institute’s organizational home).  Starting
> > in 2020, the Faculty imposed a freeze on fundraising and hiring.  In
> > late 2023, the Faculty of Philosophy decided that the contracts of the
> > remaining FHI staff would not be renewed.  On 16 April 2024, the
> > Institute was closed down.
> > ---------------
> >
> > BillK
> >
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