Anthony Aguirre Last updated December 07, 2025 Early life and education Aguirre was born on July 23, 1973. [ 10] He received a B.S. in Mathematics/Physics from Brown University in 1995, an M.S. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University. [ 1] [ 2]
Career His research has focused on various topics in theoretical physics including early universe , inflation , the foundations of quantum mechanics , foundations of statistical mechanics , gravity physics, first stars, the intergalactic medium , galaxy formation and black holes . [ 11]
Together with Max Tegmark he developed the cosmological interpretation of quantum mechanics . [ 12]
On March 5, 2025, Aguirre published Keep The Future Human: Why and How We Should Close the Gates to AGI and Superintelligence, and What We Should Build Instead , an extended essay that proposes a scheme for the international regulation of artificial intelligence . [ 13]
Aguirre appears in the How Vast is the Cosmos? part of the Closer to Truth PBS series. Aguirre appears on the show Horizon , in the episode "How Big is the Universe?" [ 14] Aguirre also appears in the episode "Living in a Parallel Universe" of the Naked Science documentary series on the 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 of Through the Wormhole , episode 3 ("Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?") In 2022, Aguirre appeared in the Netflix documentary A Trip to Infinity , [ 16] discussing the mathematical implications of infinity . References 1 2 "Anthony Aguirre" . Anthony Aguirre . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . 1 2 Stephens, Tim (28 September 2016). "Physicist Anthony Aguirre appointed to endowed chair in physics of information" . UC Santa Cruz . Retrieved 12 September 2020 . ↑ "Who we are" . Foundational Questions Institute. Retrieved 25 Nov 2014 . ↑ "Who we are" . Future of Life Institute. Retrieved 25 Nov 2014 . ↑ Strong, Rebecca (15 January 2015). "3 Things to Know About the Elon Musk-Backed Future of Life Institute" . Bostinno. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 Jun 2015 . ↑ Hardawar, Devindra (15 January 2015). "Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI from going full Skynet" . Engadget . Retrieved 5 Jun 2015 . ↑ Maynard, James (15 January 2015). "Elon Musk Donates $10 Million to Keep Us Safe from Artificial Intelligence" . Tech Times. Retrieved 5 Jun 2015 . ↑ "Cosmological Koans publisher page" . Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 Aug 2019 . ↑ Natarajan, Priyamvada (7 June 2019). " . The Wall Street Journal . ↑ "Anthony N. Aguirre CV" (PDF) . ucsc.edu . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ↑ "Anthony Aguirre" . scholar.google.com . Retrieved 2024-10-29 . ↑ 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 . Retrieved 7 March 2025 . ↑ "How Big is the Universe?" . Horizon 49 . Episode 4. 27 August 2012. BBC Two . Retrieved 12 September 2020 . ↑ "Living in a Parallel Universe" . Naked Science 8 . Episode 9. 19 May 2011. National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 12 September 2020 . ↑ Halperin, Jonathan; Takahashi, Drew (2022-09-26), A Trip to Infinity , retrieved 8 November 2023
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