measurements, so please let me take a few minutes to summarize 13.8 billion years of cosmic history. - Max Tegmark

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measurements, so please let me take a few minutes to summarize 13.8 billion years of cosmic history.

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About Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark (born May 5, 1967) is a Swedish-American physicist, cosmologist and machine learning researcher. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the scientific director of the Foundational Questions Institute. He is also a co-founder of the Future of Life Institute and a supporter of the effective altruism movement, and has received research grants from Elon Musk to investigate existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence.

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Alternative Names: Tegmark Max Shapiro Max Erik Tegmark
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