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stated FQxI is run by "two well-respected researchers who say they are not religious. The institute's scientific advisory board is also filled with top scientists." Critics of the John Templeton Foundation such as
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FQxI is an independent, philanthropically funded non-profit organization, run by scientists for scientists.
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Schwarzchild, Bertram (December 2005). "News notes: Foundational Questions Institute".
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have also stated they were satisfied that the FQxI is independent.
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Existential risk from artificial general intelligence
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Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence
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Max Tegmark
Anthony Aguirre
John Templeton Foundation
Boston Globe
Sean Carroll
Scott Aaronson
Anthony Aguirre
Yakir Aharonov
John Carlos Baez
Julian Barbour
John D. Barrow
Jacob Biamonte
Raphael Bousso
Sean Carroll
David Chalmers
Paul Davies
David Deutsch
George F. R. Ellis
Nicolas Gisin
Brian Greene
Sabine Hossenfelder
Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Seth Lloyd
Roger Penrose
Lisa Randall
Martin Rees
Carlo Rovelli
Lee Smolin
Leonard Susskind
Gerard 't Hooft

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