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Max Tegmark
Future of Life InstituteFounder and Chair
MITProfessor of Physics
🇸🇪 Swedish-AmericanBorn 1967
Tegmark is an MIT physicist who works on cosmology and the foundations of machine learning. He co-founded and leads the Future of Life Institute, becoming a leading advocate for AI safety — including its 2023 open letter calling for a pause on giant AI experiments — and wrote the bestseller Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Career & education
Current rolesFuture of Life Institute2014-presentFounder and ChairMIT2009-presentProfessor of Physics
Future of Life Institute2014-presentMIT2009-presentPreviously
University of Pennsylvania2000-2004Assistant Professor -> Associate Professor
Institute for Advanced Study1996-1999Postdoc
University of Pennsylvania2000-2004Institute for Advanced Study1996-1999Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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