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Anders Sandberg
Senior research fellow at Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford
Anders Sandberg’s research at the Future of Humanity Institute centres on management of low-probability high-impact risks, estimating the capabilities of future technologies, and very long-range futures.
Anders is a Senior Research Fellow.
Topics of particular interest include global catastrophic risk, cognitive biases, cognitive enhancement, collective intelligence, neuroethics, and public policy.
Anders has a background in computer science, neuroscience and medical engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, Sweden, for work on neural network modelling of human memory.
Visit website: http://aleph.se/andart2/about/
See also
Future of Humanity Institute (FHI)
Multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford, closed in April 2024
Details last updated 07-Sep-2019
Anders Sandberg News
Cryonic suspension following assisted death-first of its kind
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FUTURES Podcast Live: Our Superhuman Future
16-Feb-2023
On the FUTURES Podcast Live, British futurist Luke Robert Mason meets the incredible individuals who dare to imagine the world of tomorrow
Global Cryonics Summit
20-Jul-2024
The Cryosphere bringing together the global cryonics community for talks, workshops, and networking (Miami, FL, USA)
H+ Roundtable "Brain Enhancement & Rights"
14-Mar-2021
Online event about brain enhancement organized by Humanity+ with Anders Sandberg and Francesca Minerva (FREE)
Transvision Madrid 2021
08-Oct-2021 to 10-Oct-2021
World congress discussing on futurist concepts like longevity extension, artificial intelligence, human enhancement and other technologies with first humanoid robot speaker, Sophia, organized by HumanityPlus.
Transvision Utrecht 2024
20-Jan-2024 to 21-Jan-2024
International forum for exchange of ideas related to transhumanism 1co-organized by the French Association for Transhumanism and London Futurists (Netherlands)