Max Tegmark
Professor of physics at MIT and president of the Future of Life Institute
An MIT physicist and machine learning researcher who co-founded the Future of Life Institute and wrote Life 3.0.
Biography
Max Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist, machine learning researcher and author, and a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Born in Stockholm in 1967, he earned an economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics, an engineering physics degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley in 1994. He joined MIT in 2004 after starting at the University of Pennsylvania.
Originally a cosmologist, he shifted his focus toward artificial intelligence. His 2017 book Life 3.0 presents scenarios for the world as AI continues to develop. He co-founded, with Anthony Aguirre, and leads the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit focused on reducing global catastrophic risks from advanced technologies, and advocates a halt on the development of artificial superintelligence.
Notable contributions
Co-founded the Future of Life Institute
Co-founded with Anthony Aguirre the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit focused on reducing global catastrophic risks from advanced technologies.
Wrote Life 3.0
Published Life 3.0, a book presenting scenarios for what the world might look like as artificial intelligence continues to develop.
