# Jaan Tallinn - Link: https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn - Published: 2026-02-28T10:59:08+03:00 - Author: toomas ### Postitused, kus seda mõistet mainitakse: * [Jaan Tallinn andis raha seni salaja tegutsenud tehisarufirmale](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/157195) * [TÄNA AJALOOS, 22. september ⟩ Tallinnas puhkesid koolinoorte rahutused](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/245103) * [TÄNA AJALOOS, 20. september ⟩ Tallinnas avati esimene eesti skulptori loodud monument](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/243410) * [TÄNA AJALOOS, 18. september ⟩ Tallinna miinisadamast põgenes allveelaev](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/241643) * [TÄNA AJALOOS, 12. september ⟩ Toimus Tallinna ajaloo suurim raharööv](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/236180) * [TÄNA AJALOOS, 25. august ⟩ Avati Tallinna loomaaed](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/223347) * [Frittimisest üle jäänud õli parandab lennukikütust](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/215505) * [KIIRABI ARGIPÄEV: vilkurid, täiskuu ja vahelejäänud lõunad](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/213779) * [Kaubamaja ristmik. Tallinn 1965.](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/194498) * [12 Tooli Cafe (Tallinn)](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/191732) [[ Jaan Tallinn (2014) **Jaan Tallinn** (sündinud [14. veebruaril](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/14._veebruar) [1972](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972)) on eesti programmeerija, tehnoloogiaettevõtja ja filantroop. Ta kuulus 2000. aastate alguses [Skype](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype)'i põhifunktsioonide( SkypeLibi) arendajate meeskonda. 2026. aastal arvas ajakiri [Time](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time) ta eeskätt panuse eest tehisintellektiga seotud turvalisuse kaitsesse 100 maailma mõjukaima filantroobi nimekirja "TIME100 Philanthropy 2026".^([[1]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-jaan-talli-1)) Septembris 2026 avaldatud [Äripäeva](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Äripäev) andmetel on ta Eesti jõukaim inimene (vara hinnanguline väärtus 10,318 miljardit eurot).^( [[2]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2)) Jaan Tallinn on lõpetanud [Tallinna 1. Keskkooli](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinna_1._Keskkool) [1990](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990). aastal^([[3]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-3)) ja [Tartu Ülikooli](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_Ülikool) teoreetilise füüsika erialal 1996. aastal. 1989. aastal osales ta arvutimängu "[Kosmonaut](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmonaut_(arvutimäng))" loomisel; see oli esimene väljaspool Eestit levitatud Eesti arvutimäng. Ta on 1993. aastal loodud tarkvaraarendusettevõtte [Bluemoon Interactive](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluemoon_Interactive?action=edit&redlink=1) kaasasutaja ja osanik.^([[4]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-4)) Ta on üks failijagamisrakenduse [Kazaa](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa) (2000) ja internetitelefonirakenduse [Skype](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype) tehnilise lahenduse väljatöötajaid.^([[5]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-5)) Ta on investeerimisfirma [Ambient Sound Investments](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_Sound_Investments?action=edit&redlink=1) osanik ning ta oli tehisintellektiettevõtte [DeepMind](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepMind) esimeste investorite seas. Tema investeerimisfirma [Metaplanet](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaplanet?action=edit&redlink=1) kuulus [tehisintellektiga](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehisintellekt) seotud turvalisuse ja arendusfirma [Anthropic](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic) esimese ringi investorite hulka. Anthropicu väärtus on 2026. aasta alguse seisuga 380 miljardit dollarit.^([[6]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-6)) Aastail 2007–2011 oli Jaan Tallinn [Eesti presidendi mõttekoja](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidendi_mõttekoda) liige. Jaan Tallinn on kahe akadeemilise uurimiskeskuse, [Cambridge'i Ülikooli](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge'i_Ülikool) juures asuva Centre for the Study of Existential Riski ja [Massachusettsi Tehnoloogiainstituudi](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusettsi_Tehnoloogiainstituut) juures asuva Future of Life Institute'i kaasasutaja. 2026. aasta seisuga kuulub ta endiselt ka 2023. aastal loodud [ÜRO](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÜRO) peasekretäri tehisintellekti nõukotta (AI Advisory Body at the United Nations).^([[7]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-7)) Ta on Eesti jõukaim inimene. Kui 2025. aastal oli ta [Äripäeva](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Äripäev) rikaste edetabelis 644,7 miljoni euroga 4. kohal,^([[8]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-8)) siis 2026. aastal tõusis ta selles edetabelis 10,318 miljardi euroga esikohale.^( [[9]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-9)) ## Tunnustus * 2007 – [Valgetähe V klassi teenetemärk](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valgetähe_V_klassi_teenetemärk) * 2021 – [Tartu Ülikooli Tänutäht](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_Ülikooli_Tänutäht) ^([[10]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-10)) * 2023 – [ÜRO](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÜRO) peasekretäri tehisintellekti nõukoja liikmeks arvamine^([[11]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-11)) * 2025 – [Äripäeva aasta ettevõtja](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Äripäeva_aasta_ettevõtja) ^([[12]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-:0-12)) * 2026 – 100 maailma mõjukaima filantroobi nimekirja "TIME100 Philanthropy 2026" arvamine^([[1]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-jaan-talli-1)) ## Isiklikku Jaan Tallinna isa [Jüri Tallinn](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jüri_Tallinn) (1948– 2018) oli [režissöör](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Režissöör) ja [stsenarist](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stsenarist); vanaisa [Otto Tallinn](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Tallinn) oli vaimulik. Tema huvid on [breiktants](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breiktants) ja [Jaapan](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaapan). ^([[12]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-:0-12)) ## Viited 1. [1](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-jaan-talli_1-0) [2](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-jaan-talli_1-1) Tharin Pillay. [Jaan Tallinn – Shaping AI safety](https://time.com/collection/time100-philanthropy/2026/jaan-tallinn/) ^([_[alaline kõdulink](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Kõdulingid#alaline)_]) Time.com, 14.05.2026. 2. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-2) [Äripäeva hinnangul on Eesti rikkaim inimene Jaan Tallinn](https://www.err.ee/1610139277/aripaeva-hinnangul-on-eesti-rikkaim-inimene-jaan-tallinn). ERR Uudised, 16.09.2026. 3. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-3) [Vilistlased](https://web.archive.org/web/20131216225115/http://eheluba.havike.eenet.ee/muuseum/?Vilistlased:1946_-_1990:1990). Gustav Adolfi Gümnaasiumi ajaloomuuseum. Vaadatud 08.06.2014. 4. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-4) [Jaan Tallinn](http://www.bluemoon.ee/team/jaan/index.html). Bluemoon Interactive. Vaadatud 03.08.2009. 5. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-5) Kristi Helme. Skype – mitte üksnes õnnelik juhus. Õpetajate Leht, 24.10.2008. 6. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-6) Tõnis Oja. [Tabel ⟩ Jaan Tallinna osalusega Anthropicu väärtus on nüüd enam kui kolmandik triljonit](https://majandus.postimees.ee/8418603/tabel-jaan-tallinna-osalusega-anthropicu-vaartus-on-nuud-enam-kui-kolmandik-triljonit) Postimees Majandus, 22.02.2026. 7. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-7) [Jaan Tallinn](https://futureoflife.org/person/jaan-tallinn/) Future of Life Institute'i koduleht. Vaadatud 09.06.2026. 8. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-8) [Rikaste TOP: miljardär vallutas esikoha uue rekordiga](https://www.aripaev.ee/suur-top/2025/09/10/rikaste-top-miljardar-vallutas-esikoha-uue-rekordiga). Äripäev, 10.09.2025. 9. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-9) [Äripäeva hinnangul on Eesti rikkaim inimene Jaan Tallinn](https://www.err.ee/1610139277/aripaeva-hinnangul-on-eesti-rikkaim-inimene-jaan-tallinn). ERR Uudised, 16.09.2026. 10. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-10) ["Tartu Ülikooli Tänutähe kavalerid"](https://ut.ee/et/sisu/tartu-ulikooli-tanutaht). _Tartu Ülikool_. Vaadatud 4.12.2022. 11. [↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-11) [Secretary-General's Advisory Body Members - Artificial Intelligence](https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2023-10-26/secretary-generals-advisory-body-members-artificial-intelligence) ÜRO koduleht, 26.10.2023. 12. [1](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-:0_12-0) [2](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-:0_12-1) Marge Ugezene. [Äripäeva aasta ettevõtja. Tagasihoidlik miljardär, kes ohjeldab tehisaru: "Kui USA valitsus seda ei tee, teen mina."](https://www.aripaev.ee/uudised/2026/01/05/aripaeva-aasta-ettevotja-tagasihoidlik-miljardar-kes-ohjeldab-tehisaru-kui-usa-valitsus-seda-ei-tee-teen-mina) Äripäev.ee, 05.01.26. ## Välislingid * [Lühitutvustus Bluemoon Interactive'i lehel](http://www.bluemoon.ee/team/jaan/index.html) * Kristjan Port. [Jaan Tallinn: “Minu eesmärk tehisintellekti valdkonnas on pumbata tõenäosust düstoopiast utoopiasse”](https://edasi.org/93295/jaan-tallinn-minu-eesmark-tehisintellekti-valdkonnas-on-pumbata-toenaosust-dustoopiast-utoopiasse/) Edasi.org, 14. september 2021 * Tõnis Oja. [Eesti sai ilmselt neljanda miljardäri](https://majandus.postimees.ee/8320882/eesti-sai-ilmselt-neljanda-miljardari) Postimees Majandus, 10. september 2025 * Pille-Triinu Maiste ja Donald Tomberg. [Vastab Jaan Tallinn](https://www.temuki.ee/2024/10/vastab-jaan-tallinn/) [Teater. Muusika. Kino](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teater._Muusika._Kino), oktoober 2024 * Tõnis Oja. [Jaan Tallinnast sai veel ühe ükssarviku investor](https://majandus.postimees.ee/8422706/jaan-tallinnast-sai-veel-uhe-ukssarviku-investor) Postimees Majandus, 25. veebruar 2026 * Sander Silm. [Jaan Tallinn: tehisintellekt muudab juba lähiajal tööturgu. Mis meid ees ootab?](https://majandus.postimees.ee/8429444/jaan-tallinn-tehisintellekt-muudab-juba-lahiajal-tooturgu-mis-meid-ees-ootab) Postimees Majandus, 8. märts 2026 * Silver Tambur. [Estonian tech pioneer Jaan Tallinn named to the TIME100 Philanthropy list](https://estonianworld.com/technology/estonian-tech-pioneer-jaan-tallinn-named-to-the-time100-philanthropy-list/). Estonian World, 29. mai 2026 * [Peatne jõukaim eestlane: ligi 15% AI tippfirmades töötavate inimeste eesmärk on inimeksistents lõpetada](https://arvamus.delfi.ee/artikkel/120605248/peatne-joukaim-eestlane-ligi-15-ai-tippfirmades-tootavate-inimeste-eesmark-on-inimeksistents-lopetada). [Linnar Viigi](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnar_Viik) intervjuu Jaan Tallinnaga. Delfi, 24. august 2026 * Kate Clark. [He’s Completely Terrified of AI—and He’s About to Make Billions Off It](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jaan-tallinn-anthropic-ai-f513f181) [The Wall Street Journal](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal), 25. september 2026 – portreelugu Jaan Tallinnast ![](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop& type=1x1&usesul3=1) allikas: [https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn) Estonian programmer and investor **Jaan Tallinn** (born 14 February 1972) is an [Estonian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonians) [computer programmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programmer) and investor ^([[2]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2))^([[3]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-3)) known for his participation in the development of [Skype](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype) and file-sharing application [FastTrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTrack)/ [Kazaa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa).^([[4]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-4)) Tallinn is an investor and advocate for [AI safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety). ^([[5]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-Semafor2023-5)) He was an early investor and [board member](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors) at [DeepMind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind) (later acquired by Google); other investors included [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk) and [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel)'s [Founders Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund). ^([[5]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-Semafor2023-5))^([[6]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-6)) In 2021, Tallinn also led the $124 million [Series A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A) funding round for [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), an AI safety- focused company.^([[7]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-7)) Tallinn is involved in the field of [existential risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk), having co-founded both the [Centre for the Study of Existential Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_the_Study_of_Existential_Risk)( CSER) at the [University of Cambridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge), in the [United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)^([[8]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-8)) ^([[9]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2019-03-28-gu-9)) and the [Future of Life Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Life_Institute) in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts), in the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).^([[10]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-10)) ^([[11]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-mashable_tallinn-11)) ^([[12]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-csmonitor_tallinn-12)) ^([[13]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-bostinno_tallinn_article-13)) ## Life Tallinn graduated from the [University of Tartu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tartu) in [Estonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia) in 1996 with a BSc in [theoretical physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics) with a thesis that considered travelling [interstellar distances](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel) using [warps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive) in [spacetime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime). ^([[14]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-14)) Tallinn founded Bluemoon in Estonia alongside schoolmates [Ahti Heinla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahti_Heinla) and [Priit Kasesalu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priit_Kasesalu). Bluemoon's _Kosmonaut_ became, in 1989 (_SkyRoads_ is the 1993 remake), the first Estonian game to be sold abroad, and earned the company US$5,000 (~$12,987 in 2025). By 1999, Bluemoon faced bankruptcy; its founders decided to acquire remote jobs for the Swedish [Tele2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tele2) at a salary of US$330 (~$638.00 in 2025) each per day. The Tele2 project, "Everyday. com", was a commercial flop. Subsequently, while working as a stay-at-home father, Tallinn developed FastTrack and Kazaa for [Niklas Zennström](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennström) and [Janus Friis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis) (formerly of Tele2). Kazaa's P2P technology was later repurposed to drive Skype around 2003. Tallinn sold his shares in Skype in 2005, when it was purchased by [eBay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay). ^([[15]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-15))^([[9]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2019-03-28-gu-9)) In 2014, he invested in the reversible debugging software for app development [Undo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undo_(company)). ^([[16]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-16)) He also made an early investment in [DeepMind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepMind) which was purchased by [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google) in 2014 for $600 million( ~$781 million in 2024).^([[17]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-17)) Other investments include Faculty, a British AI startup focused on tracking terrorists, ^([[18]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-18)) and Pactum, an" autonomous negotiation" startup based in California and Estonia.^([[19]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-19)) According to sources cited by the _[Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal)_ and _Semafor_, Tallinn loaned [Alameda Research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Research), co-founded by [Sam Bankman-Fried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried), about $100 million (~$123 million in 2024), and recalled most of the loan in 2018. ^([[20]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-20))^([[21]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-21)) As of 2019, Tallinn was married and had six children.^([[9]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2019-03-28-gu-9)) ## Other tenures * Member of the Board of Sponsors of the [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_of_the_Atomic_Scientists). ^([[22]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-22)) * Former member of the Estonian President's Academic Advisory Board.^([[23]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-23)) * Co-founder of the personalized medical research company [MetaMed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaMed). ^([[24]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-24))^([[25]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-metamed_defunct-25)) Tallinn is a participant in and donor to the [effective altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism) movement.^([[26]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-26))^([[27]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-27)) As of April 2026, the [Machine Intelligence Research Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Intelligence_Research_Institute) credited him with over $1.6 million in total contributions, including matching funds leveraged.^([[28]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-28)) His initial donation when co-founding the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk in 2012 was around $200,000 (~$269,299 in 2024).^([[9]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-2019-03-28-gu-9)) ## Views Tallinn promotes the study of existential risk and has spoken publicly on this topic. ^([[29]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-29)) His main worries are related to [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence), unknowns coming from technological development, [synthetic biology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology) and [nanotechnology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_nanotechnology#Risks). ^([[30]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-30))^([[31]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-31)) He believes humanity is not spending enough resources on long-term planning and mitigating threats that could cause [human extinction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_extinction). ^([[32]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-32)) He has been a supporter of the [Rationalist movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalist_community). ^([[33]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-33)) He has also contributed to [Chatham House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House), supporting their work on the nuclear threat.^([_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)_]) His views on the [AI alignment problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_problem) have been influenced by the writings of [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky). Tallinn recalls that "the overall idea that caught my attention that I never had thought about was that we are seeing the end of an era during which the human brain has been the main shaper of the future".^([[34]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-34)) In 2023, he said he had yet to meet anyone working at AI labs who thinks the risk of training the next-generation model "blowing up the planet" is less than 1%.^( [[35]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-35)) When employees of [OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI) left to form [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic), primarily out of concerns that OpenAI was not focused enough on [AI safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety), Tallinn invested in the new company. However, he was unsure if he had made the right decision, arguing that "on the one hand, it’s great to have this safety-focused thing. On the other hand, this is proliferation". Tallinn praised Anthropic for having a greater safety focus than other AI companies, but said "that doesn’t change the fact that they’re dealing with dangerous stuff and I’m not sure if they should be. I’m not sure if anyone should be".^([[5]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-Semafor2023-5)) Tallinn donated $482,000 to the [pronatalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronatalist) Pragmatist Foundation, created by [Simone and Malcolm Collins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_and_Malcolm_Collins). ^([[36]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-36)) In March 2023, Tallinn signed an [open letter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pause_Giant_AI_Experiments:_An_Open_Letter) from the Future of Life Institute calling for "all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than [GPT-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-4)". ^([[37]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-37))^([[38]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-38)) In May 2023, he signed a [statement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statement_on_AI_risk_of_extinction) from the [Center for AI Safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_AI_Safety) which read "Mitigating the [risk of extinction from AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence) should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war".^([[39]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-39)) ^([[40]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-40)) He also signed the October 2025 [statement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Life_Institute#Open_letter_on_prohibiting_superintelligence) from the [Future of Life Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Life_Institute) calling for "a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in".^([[41]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-41)) ^([[42]](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_note-42)) ## References 1. 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[↑](https://kihulane.eu/glossary/jaan-tallinn#cite_ref-42) ["Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI 'superintelligence'"](https://apnews.com/article/acf6b17d3b53abc08694d5d8defc7009). _Associated Press_. 22 October 2025. ## External links * [Interview Series with Jaan Tallinn](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-7qI6NZpO3sqHuWGslfmOT9B-cNCrXJl) * [Ambient Sound Investments – Jaan Tallinn's Profile](http://asi.ee/team/jaan-tallinn) * [Bluemoon Interactive](http://www.bluemoon.ee/team/jaan/) * [The Guardian profile on Estonia by Jaan Tallinn](https://www.theguardian.com/eu/story/0,7369,1193516,00.html) * [Jaan Tallinn's Metamed Profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20150210201606/https://www.metamed.com/ScientistsDoctorsResearchers#Jaan%20Tallinn) * [Jaan Tallinn does a Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1fuzwt/im_jaan_tallinn_cofounder_of_skype_kazaa_cser_and/) * [Jaan Tallinn in Oxford 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdTuDBGkAw) | [Existential risk from artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence) | | Concepts | * [AGI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence) * [AI alignment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment) * [AI boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_boom) * [AI capability control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_capability_control) * [AI safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety) * [AI successionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_successionism) * [AI takeover](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_takeover) * [Deceptive alignment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceptive_alignment) * [Effective accelerationism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism) * [Ethics of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence) * [Friendly artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_artificial_intelligence) * [Instrumental convergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence) * [Intelligence explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_explosion) * [Longtermism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtermism) * [Machine ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_ethics) * [Suffering risks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_of_astronomical_suffering) * [Superintelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence) * [Technological singularity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) * [Vulnerable world hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_world_hypothesis) | | Organizations | * [AI Futures Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Futures_Project) * [Alignment Research Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_Research_Center) * [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic) * [Center for AI Safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_AI_Safety) * [Center for Applied Rationality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Applied_Rationality) * [Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Human-Compatible_Artificial_Intelligence) * [Centre for the Study of Existential Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_the_Study_of_Existential_Risk) * [Future of Humanity Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Humanity_Institute) * [Future of Life Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Life_Institute) * [Google DeepMind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind) - 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Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_J._Russell) * [Nate Soares](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Soares) * [Ilya Sutskever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Sutskever) * [Jaan Tallinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn) * [Max Tegmark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Tegmark) * [Alan Turing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing) * [Frank Wilczek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilczek) * [Roman Yampolskiy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Yampolskiy) * [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky) | | Books | * _[Do You Trust This Computer?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Trust_This_Computer%3F)_ * _[Human Compatible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Compatible)_ * _[If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Anyone_Builds_It,_Everyone_Dies)_ * _[Our Final Invention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Final_Invention)_ * _[Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies)_ * _[The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Precipice:_Existential_Risk_and_the_Future_of_Humanity)_ | | Other | * [Artificial Intelligence Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act) * [Open letter on artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_letter_on_artificial_intelligence) * [Regulation of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intelligence) - [US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intelligence_in_the_United_States) * [Statement on AI Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statement_on_AI_Risk) | | [Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence) | | [Effective altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism) | | Concepts | * [Aid effectiveness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid_effectiveness) * [Charity assessment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_assessment) * [Demandingness objection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demandingness_objection) * [Disability-adjusted life year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability-adjusted_life_year) * [Disease burden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_burden) * [Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributional_cost-effectiveness_analysis) * [Earning to give](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earning_to_give) * [Equal consideration of interests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_consideration_of_interests) * [Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_cost-effectiveness_ratio) * [Longtermism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtermism) * [Marginal utility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility) * [Moral circle expansion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_circle_expansion) * [Psychological barriers to effective altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_barriers_to_effective_altruism) * [Quality-adjusted life year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year) * [Utilitarianism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism) * [Venture philanthropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_philanthropy) | | Key figures | * [Sam Bankman-Fried](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried) * [Liv Boeree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Boeree) * [Nick Bostrom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bostrom) * [Paul Christiano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Christiano) * [Hilary Greaves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Greaves) * [Holden Karnofsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Karnofsky) * [William MacAskill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacAskill) * [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz) * [Yew-Kwang Ng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yew-Kwang_Ng) * [Toby Ord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Ord) * [Derek Parfit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Parfit) * [Kelsey Piper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Piper) * [Peter Singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer) * [Brian Tomasik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tomasik) * [Cari Tuna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cari_Tuna) * [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky) | | Organizations | * [80,000 Hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80,000_Hours) * [Against Malaria Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Malaria_Foundation) * [Animal Charity Evaluators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Charity_Evaluators) * [Alignment Research Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_Research_Center) * [Animal Ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Ethics_(organization)) * [Centre for Effective Altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Effective_Altruism) * [Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Enabling_EA_Learning_&_Research) * [Center for High Impact Philanthropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_High_Impact_Philanthropy) * [Centre for the Study of Existential Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_the_Study_of_Existential_Risk) * [Coefficient Giving](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_Giving) * [Development Media International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_Media_International) * [Evidence Action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_Action) * [Faunalytics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faunalytics) * [Fistula Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistula_Foundation) * [Future of Humanity Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Humanity_Institute) * [Founders Pledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Pledge) * [GiveDirectly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveDirectly) * [GiveWell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveWell) * [Giving Multiplier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_Multiplier) * [Giving What We Can](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_What_We_Can) * [Good Food Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Food_Fund) * [The Good Food Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Food_Institute) * [Good Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Ventures) * [The Humane League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Humane_League) * [Mercy for Animals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_for_Animals) * [Machine Intelligence Research Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Intelligence_Research_Institute) * [Malaria Consortium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_Consortium) * [Raising for Effective Giving](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_for_Effective_Giving) * [Sentience Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience_Institute) * [Shrimp Welfare Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_Welfare_Project) * [Unlimit Health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlimit_Health) * [Wild Animal Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Animal_Initiative) | | Focus areas | * [Biotechnology risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology_risk) * [Climate change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change) * [Cultured meat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat) * [Economic stability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_stability) * [Existential risk from artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence) * [Global catastrophic risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk) * [Global health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_health) * [Global poverty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty) * [Intensive animal farming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_animal_farming) * [Land use reform](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use) * [Life extension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_extension) * [Malaria prevention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_prevention) * [Mass deworming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_deworming) * [Neglected tropical diseases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases) * [Risk of astronomical suffering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_of_astronomical_suffering) * [Wild animal suffering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_animal_suffering) | | Literature | * _[Doing Good Better](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doing_Good_Better)_ * _[The End of Animal Farming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Animal_Farming)_ * _[Famine, Affluence, and Morality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine,_Affluence,_and_Morality)_ * _[The Life You Can Save](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_You_Can_Save)_ * _[Living High and Letting Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_High_and_Letting_Die)_ * _[The Most Good You Can Do](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Good_You_Can_Do)_ * _[Practical Ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Ethics)_ * _[The Precipice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Precipice:_Existential_Risk_and_the_Future_of_Humanity)_ * _[Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies)_ * _[What We Owe the Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Owe_the_Future)_ | | Events | * [Effective Altruism Global](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_Altruism_Global) | | [Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Effective_altruism) | | [Authority control databases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Authority_control) [⌊Edit this at Wikidata⌉](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3156998#identifiers) | | International | * [VIAF](https://viaf.org/viaf/697152684002023430005) | | National | * [Poland](https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810574247705606) | ![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop& type=1x1&usesul3=1) allikas: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Tallinn)