American cosmologist
Anthony Aguirre (born 1973) is a theoreticalcosmologist .[ 1] professor and holds the Faggin Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz .[ 2] Foundational Questions Institute [ 3] Future of Life Institute .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Metaculus withGreg Laughlin . In 2019, he published thepop science bookCosmological Koans .[ 8] [ 9]
Early life and education [ edit ] Aguirre was born on July 23, 1973.[ 10] Brown University in 1995, an M.S. in Astronomy fromHarvard University in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University.[ 1] [ 2]
His research has focused on various topics intheoretical physics includingearly universe ,inflation , the foundations ofquantum mechanics , foundations ofstatistical mechanics ,gravity physics, first stars, theintergalactic medium , galaxy formation andblack holes .[ 11]
Together withMax Tegmark he developed thecosmological interpretation of quantum mechanics .[ 12]
On March 5, 2025, Aguirre publishedKeep The Future Human: Why and How We Should Close the Gates to AGI and Superintelligence, and What We Should Build Instead , an extendedessay that proposes a scheme for the internationalregulation of artificial intelligence .[ 13]
Aguirre appears in theHow Vast is the Cosmos? part of theCloser to Truth PBS series. Aguirre appears on the showHorizon [ 14] Aguirre also appears in the episode "Living in a Parallel Universe" of theNaked Science National Geographic Channel .[ 15] Aguirre was a guest on Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast, which was released on June 17, 2019 under the title of Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information. Aguirre was interviewed in the season 4 ofThrough the Wormhole , episode 3 ("Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?") In 2022, Aguirre appeared in theNetflix documentaryA Trip to Infinity ,[ 16] infinity . ^a b "Anthony Aguirre" .Anthony Aguirre . Retrieved17 August 2023 .^a b Stephens, Tim (28 September 2016)."Physicist Anthony Aguirre appointed to endowed chair in physics of information" .UC Santa Cruz . Retrieved12 September 2020 . ^ "Who we are" . Foundational Questions Institute. Retrieved25 Nov 2014 .^ "Who we are" . Future of Life Institute. Retrieved25 Nov 2014 .^ Strong, Rebecca (15 January 2015)."3 Things to Know About the Elon Musk-Backed Future of Life Institute" . Bostinno. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved5 Jun 2015 . ^ Hardawar, Devindra (15 January 2015)."Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI from going full Skynet" .Engadget . Retrieved5 Jun 2015 . ^ Maynard, James (15 January 2015)."Elon Musk Donates $10 Million to Keep Us Safe from Artificial Intelligence" . Tech Times. Retrieved5 Jun 2015 . ^ "Cosmological Koans publisher page" . Archived fromthe original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved28 Aug 2019 .^ Natarajan, Priyamvada (7 June 2019)." .The Wall Street Journal . ^ "Anthony N. Aguirre CV" (PDF) .ucsc.edu . Retrieved17 August 2023 .^ "Anthony Aguirre" .scholar.google.com . Retrieved2024-10-29 .^ Aguirre, Anthony; Tegmark, Max Erik (August 2010). "Born in an Infinite Universe: a Cosmological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics".Physical Review .arXiv :1008.1066 ^ Aguirre, Anthony (5 March 2025)."Keep The Future Human: Why and How We Should Close the Gates to AGI and Superintelligence, and What We Should Build Instead" .doi :10.2139/SSRN.4608505 .SSRN 4608505 . Retrieved7 March 2025 . ^ "How Big is the Universe?" .Horizon 49 . Episode 4. 27 August 2012.BBC Two . Retrieved12 September 2020 .^ "Living in a Parallel Universe" .Naked Science 8 . Episode 9. 19 May 2011. National Geographic Channel. Retrieved12 September 2020 .^ Halperin, Jonathan; Takahashi, Drew (2022-09-26),A Trip to Infinity , retrieved8 November 2023
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