Toby Ord
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Toby Ord is an Australian philosopher and ethicist known for his work on global catastrophic risks, longtermism, and effective altruism, particularly through his book "The Precipice."
All labels observed (1)
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| Toby Ord canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7657871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toby Ord Context triple: [Future of Humanity Institute, hasNotableResearcher, Toby Ord]
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A.
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his influential work on existential risk, superintelligence, and the future of humanity.
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B.
Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
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C.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
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D.
Matt Nover
Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
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E.
John Bellamy
John Bellamy was a 17th-century London printer and bookseller known for publishing early accounts of New England, including works related to the Pilgrims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toby Ord Target entity description: Toby Ord is an Australian philosopher and ethicist known for his work on global catastrophic risks, longtermism, and effective altruism, particularly through his book "The Precipice."
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A.
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his influential work on existential risk, superintelligence, and the future of humanity.
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B.
Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
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C.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
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D.
Matt Nover
Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
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E.
John Bellamy
John Bellamy was a 17th-century London printer and bookseller known for publishing early accounts of New England, including works related to the Pilgrims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian
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book ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| affiliation | Future of Humanity Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Toby Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| coFounded | Giving What We Can NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Melbourne
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
effective altruism
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ethics ⓘ existential risk ⓘ global catastrophic risk ⓘ longtermism NERFINISHED ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasGivenTalkAt |
TED
NERFINISHED
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academic conferences on existential risk ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Peter Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of longtermism
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book The Precipice ⓘ effective altruism movement NERFINISHED ⓘ promoting charitable giving based on effectiveness ⓘ work on existential risk ⓘ work on global catastrophic risks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
existential risk
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future of humanity ⓘ |
| memberOf | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | effective altruism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Toby Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Precipice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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philosopher ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| publication | The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
global poverty
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global priorities research ⓘ moral uncertainty ⓘ population ethics ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Toby Ord Description of subject: Toby Ord is an Australian philosopher and ethicist known for his work on global catastrophic risks, longtermism, and effective altruism, particularly through his book "The Precipice."
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