Tobias Rees

Tobias Rees is a philosopher who frequently collaborates with artists to shift the focus from theory to practice and explore how philosophical concepts can be manifested in tangible, experiential forms. In his work with scientists, such as quantum computing engineer Hartmut Neven, Rees investigates ways to develop technology that reflects the radical openness and uncertainty encountered in quantum physics, using it as a tool for both philosophical and artistic inquiry.

Rees is a Google Visiting Fellow, a Senior AI 2050 Fellow at Schmidt Futures, and the founder of Limn, a non-profit philosophical R&D lab. He previously served as Reid Hoffman University Professor of Humanities at Parsons and the New School for Social Research in New York, and was the founder and CEO of the multidisciplinary research programme Transformation of the Human (ToftH).