
University of Oxford
FiveAI / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Computer Vision and Machine Learning
via University of Oxford
Academic · Policy

Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative at University of Oxford
Ord helped make existential risk a central question in AI governance. His book The Precipice argued that unaligned AI could threaten humanity’s future, while his research translates uncertainty about transformative AI into priorities for policy. He also founded Giving What We Can and helped launch effective altruism.
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University of Oxford
Future of Humanity Institute
Future of Humanity InstituteWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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