Finnish Center
for Safe AI Tutke
Tutke promotes safe artificial intelligence
Tutke is an interdisciplinary non-profit network.
We promote scientific understanding of the safe development of artificial intelligence and support research and regulation leading to it.
Artificial intelligence has progressed enormously. Today AI can converse fluently, solve mathematical problems, write code, and create art and realistic video. All this has become possible in the span of a couple years.
Leading artificial intelligence research centers and companies are racing to develop general artificial intelligence that surpasses human abilities in all tasks. Predicting when and if this will be achieved is difficult, but experts believe it's likely to happen within this century. When machines begin to surpass humans, such development may accelerate even more.
The impact of such general artificial intelligence would be societally momentous, similar to or greater than the industrial revolution in the 19th century. If we navigate this change well, it could bring unprecedented abundance and solutions to humanity's largest problems. If we fail, it could lead to issues like extreme concentration of power. In the worst case, we create inhuman beings that surpass our capacity to control them, and lose the ability to decide our own future.
It is important that instead of recklessly charging towards these volatile consequences, we act early to understand and wisely manage such transformative technology. This requires wide-ranging cooperation between researchers, technology companies, and decision-makers.
Founding members
Kaj Sotala
Research
Kaj Sotala started work on AI safety in 2012 and has since authored several papers on the subject. He has been a Research Fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a Researcher at the Foundational Research Institute. Kaj has degrees in Cognitive Sciences and Computer Science from the University of Helsinki.
Onni Aarne
Research
Onni Aarne is an Associate Researcher at Rethink Priorities, working in the AI Governance and Strategy team. He has a degree in Computer Science and Data Science from the University of Helsinki.
Olli Järviniemi
Research
Olli Järviniemi is an independent researcher in AI safety, and has previously completed a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Turku.
Anna Katariina Wisakanto
Research
Anna Katariina Wisakanto is a risks from global systems and AI safety researcher. She is a visiting scholar at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.
Patrik Gayer
Policy & Communications
Patrik Gayer is Nordics and EU Data & Privacy Policy Lead at Tesla, and has previously worked as a Director at Tekir and as the Chief Operating Officer at Miltton Europe. Patrik has a degree from the University of Helsinki and is currently on leave to complete a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Harvard University.
Joonas Ollila
Strategy
Joonas Ollila is a Senior Manager at twoday, and was previously the CEO of mathematical & AI optimization firm Weoptit. He has a degree in Systems Analysis and Operations Research from Aalto University.
Joel Pyykkö
Research
Joel Pyykkö is an AI safety researcher with a Doctoral degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki.
Suvi Auvinen
Strategy & communications
Suvi Auvinen is a journalist, activist, and writer. She leads responsible AI strategy at Ellun Kanat, and has a Bachelor of Arts from Turku University of Applied Sciences and a Master of Arts from The University of the Arts Helsinki.
Mikko Hemmi
Funding & Strategy
Mikko Hemmi is the CEO of AI & data strategy consultancy Oikoa. He has previously founded Effective Altruism Finland ry and has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Aalto University.
Operations
Santeri Koivula
Operations Coordinator
Santeri Koivula studies Mathematics and Systems Sciences at Aalto University. He has previously interned at CERN, Aalto University, and in consulting. He also works as a Pro Forecaster at INFER.
Santeri Tani
Network Coordinator
Santeri Tani has studied Computer Science at the University of Helsinki. Previously, he has worked in robotics and machine vision for Solteq Robotics, smart contracts and future tech for Solteq Incubator, and health tech and cognitive computing research for the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim.