Jaan Tallinn

Jaan Tallinn
Born 14 February 1972
Tallinn, Estonia

Jaan Tallinn (born 14 February 1972 in Tallinn[1]) is an Estonian programmer who participated in the development of Skype[2] in 2002 and FastTrack/Kazaa, a file-sharing application in 2000.[3]

Jaan Tallinn is partner and co-founder of the development company Bluemoon which created the game SkyRoads.[4] He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1996 with a BSc in Theoretical Physics with a thesis that involved traveling interstellar distances using warps in space-time.

Tallinn is a former member of the Estonian President's Academic Advisory Board.[5] He is also one of the founders of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk,[6] and the Future of Life Institute,[7] and is co-founder of the personalized medical research company MetaMed.[8]

Tallinn donated $364,000 to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.[9]

He strongly promotes the study of existential risk and has given numerous talks on this topic.[10] His main worries are related to artificial intelligence, unknowns coming from technological development, and biological risk.[11][12] In his opinion humanity is not spending enough resources on long-term planning and mitigating threats that could potentially wipe us out as a species.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaan Tallinn, Curriculum Vitae". Tartu Ülikool Sihtasutus. May 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Creating global business model for knowledge-intensive SMES the small transition country cases" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Tech firms find home in revived Estonia". International Herald Tribune. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  4. ↑ "If It Works, You Can Break It". Forbes. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Office of the President press announcement".
  6. ↑ Lewsey, Fred (25 November 2012). "Humanity's last invention and our uncertain future". Research News (University of Cambridge). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Future of Life Institute".
  8. ↑ Weber, Harrison (1 March 2013). "Peter Thiel-backed MetaMed thinks you should have your own on-demand medical research team". TheNextWeb. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Machine Intelligence Research Institute".
  10. ↑ Template:Cite youtube
  11. ↑ "A Skype founder on biomonitors, existential risk and simulated realities". The Wall Street Journal. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  12. ↑ "Existential Risk: A Conversation with Jaan Tallinn". Edge Foundation, Inc. 16 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn on surviving the rise of the machines". Marketplace. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

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