Editing Max Tegmark (section)

==In the media==
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* In 2006, Tegmark was one of fifty scientists interviewed by ''[[New Scientist]]'' about their predictions for the future. His prediction: "In 50 years, you may be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universes."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tegmark |first=Max |date=18 November 2006 |title=Max Tegmark forecasts the future |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225780.084-max-tegmark-forecasts-the-future.html |magazine=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=2012-11-01 |archive-date=9 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609002954/http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225780.084-max-tegmark-forecasts-the-future.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Tegmark appears in the 2007 documentary ''[[Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives]]'' in which he is interviewed by [[Mark Oliver Everett]], son of the founder of the [[many-worlds interpretation]] of quantum mechanics, [[Hugh Everett]].
* Tegmark also appears in "Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole?", "What Time is It?", "To Infinity and Beyond", "Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?", "What is Reality?" and "Which Universe Are We In?", all part of the BBC's ''[[Horizon (BBC TV series)|Horizon]]'' scientific series of programmes.
* He appears in several episodes of ''Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible'', an American documentary television series on science which first aired in the United States on December 1, 2009. The series is hosted by theoretical physicist [[Michio Kaku]].
* Tegmark was interviewed by [[Morgan Freeman]] in seasons 2 and 3 of ''[[Through the Wormhole]]'' in 2011–2012.
* Tegmark participated in the episode "Zooming Out" of [[BBC World Service]]'s ''[[The Forum (radio programme)|The Forum]]'', which first aired on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 26 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2014 |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Forum, Zooming Out |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041txvp |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[BBC Radio 4]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415115535/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041txvp |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2014, Tegmark co-authored an op-ed in ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' with [[Stephen Hawking]], [[Frank Wilczek]] and [[Stuart J. Russell|Stuart Russell]] on the movie ''[[Transcendence (2014 film)|Transcendence]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hawking |first1=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Hawking |last2=Tegmark |first2=Max |last3=Russell |first3=Stuart |date=April 19, 2014 |title=Transcending Complacency On Superintelligent Machines |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/artificial-intelligence_b_5174265 |website=HuffPost |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308112957/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/artificial-intelligence_b_5174265 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2014, "The Perpetual Earth Program," a play based on Tegmark's book ''[[Our Mathematical Universe]]'', was mounted in [[New York City]] as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chichester |first=Sarah M. |date=10 June 2014 |title=The Perpetual Earth Program |url=http://nytheaternow.com/2014/06/10/the-perpetual-earth-program/ |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231858/http://nytheaternow.com/2014/06/10/the-perpetual-earth-program/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |website=[[Nytheatre.com]]}}</ref>
* In 2014, he featured in ''[[The Principle]]'', a documentary examining the [[Copernican Principle]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458876/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title=The Principle (2014) | website=[[IMDb]] | access-date=30 June 2018 | archive-date=26 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326143042/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458876/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2015, Tegmark participated in an episode of [[Sam Harris]]' [[Sam Harris#Podcast|the Waking Up podcast]] entitled "The Multiverse & You (& You & You & You...)" where they discussed topics such as [[artificial intelligence]] and the [[mathematical universe hypothesis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-multiverse-you-you-you-you |title=The Multiverse & You (& You & You & You...) |publisher=Sam Harris |date=23 September 2015 |access-date=2015-11-22 |archive-date=22 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122021141/http://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-multiverse-you-you-you-you |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2017, Tegmark gave a talk entitled "Effective altruism, existential risk & existential hope" at the world's largest annual conference of the [[Effective altruism|effective altruism movement]].<ref name=":1">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2f1lmNqbgrk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180622054252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f1lmNqbgrk&feature=youtu.be&t=1548. Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation |last=Effective Altruism Global |title=Max Tegmark: Effective altruism, existential risk & existential hope |date=2017-06-17 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f1lmNqbgrk |access-date=2018-05-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2017, Tegmark participated in an episode of [[Sam Harris]]' [[Sam Harris#Podcast|the Waking Up podcast]] entitled "The Future of Intelligence" where they discussed topics such as [[artificial intelligence]] and definitions of life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-future-of-intelligence |title=The Future of Intelligence) |publisher=Sam Harris |date=27 August 2017 |access-date=2017-08-27 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174414/https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-future-of-intelligence |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2018, Tegmark took part in a conversation with [[AI]] researcher [[Lex Fridman]] about [[Artificial General Intelligence]] as part of a [[MIT]] course on AGI. He was the first guest on the [[Lex Fridman]] podcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lexfridman.com/max-tegmark/ |title=Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 |publisher=Lex Fridman |date=19 April 2018 |access-date=2020-01-19 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930102950/https://lexfridman.com/max-tegmark/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was interviewed again on the Lex Fridman podcast in 2021<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL4j4KPwNGM |title=Max Tegmark: AI and Physics {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #155 |type=Podcast |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216182320/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL4j4KPwNGM |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2023.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVfceTsD0A&ab_channel=LexFridman |title=Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #371 |date=13 April 2023 |type=Podcast |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413172949/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVfceTsD0A&ab_channel=LexFridman |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2023, Tegmark drew controversy in the media when reports surfaced that he had signed off on behalf of the [[Future of Life Institute]] on a $100,000 grant to far-right media outlet [[Nya Dagbladet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/future-of-life-institute-max-tegmark-elon-musk/ |title=Elon Musk-Backed Non-Profit Offered $100K Grant to 'Pro-Nazi' Media Outlet |publisher=Vice News|date=19 January 2023 |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503144450/https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a475/future-of-life-institute-max-tegmark-elon-musk |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://expo.se/2023/01/elon-musk-funded-nonprofit-run-mit-professor-offered-finance-swedish-pro-nazi-group |title=Elon Musk-funded nonprofit run by MIT professor offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group |publisher=Expo|date=13 January 2023 |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515124831/https://expo.se/2023/01/elon-musk-funded-nonprofit-run-mit-professor-offered-finance-swedish-pro-nazi-group |url-status=live }}</ref> He later said that the Future of Life Institute "ultimately decided to reject it because of what our subsequent due diligence uncovered", that they rejected it long before the media became involved, and that the institute "finds Nazi, neo-Nazi or pro-Nazi groups or ideologies despicable and would never knowingly support them".<ref>{{Cite journal |title=[Linkpost] FLI alleged to have offered funding to far right foundation - EA Forum |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5vFmMXWsh6PaYjqab/linkpost-fli-alleged-to-have-offered-funding-to-far-right |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=forum.effectivealtruism.org |language=en |last1=Nordmark |first1=Jens |date=13 January 2023 }}</ref> An official statement from the Future of Life Institute further expands on this: "FLI finds groups or ideologies espousing antisemitism, white supremacy, or racism despicable and would never knowingly support any such group".<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Statement on a controversial rejected grant proposal |url=https://futureoflife.org/rejection_statement/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Future of Life Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2023, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Tegmark one of the 100 most influential people in AI.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-09-07 |title=TIME100 AI 2023: Max Tegmark |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6310651/max-tegmark/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref>