Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark (born 5 May 1967) is a Swedish-American academic physicist, machine learning researcher, and published popular author. Originally a cosmologist—Tegmark was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2012 for his contributions to that field—his work has moved toward a focus on AI, and he is a current professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is president of the independent Future of Life Institute, whose stated mission is to "steer transformative technologies away from extreme, large-scale risks and towards benefiting life." Toward the aim of its mitigating existential risks from AI, the Institute has received funding from Musk (who, as of 2015, sat on its scientific advisory board).

Tegmark is also known for his book ''Life 3.0'', which addresses what the world might look like as artificial intelligence continues to develop. He and his organizations are an academic proponent of risk-aware perspectives on AI, and Tegmark is a supporter of the effective altruism movement. Provided by Wikipedia