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Anthony Aguirre
President and CEO at Future of Life Institute
Faggin Presidential Professor for the Physics of Information at UC Santa Cruz
Aguirre is a theoretical cosmologist at UC Santa Cruz who co-founded the Future of Life Institute, which he leads as executive director, and the forecasting platform Metaculus. Through FLI he has become a prominent voice on existential risk from advanced AI, organizing the field's open letters and policy efforts.
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Current roles
President and CEO 2014-presentFuture of Life Institute
Future of Life InstituteFaggin Presidential Professor for the Physics of Information 2003-presentUC Santa Cruz
UC Santa CruzEducation
Born1973
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Last editorial review: August 15, 2026