# Economic Singularity Foundation **Entity class:** Former organizational name and legal lineage **Aliases:** The Economic Singularity Foundation; ESF **Collections:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition The **Economic Singularity Foundation** was the previous name of UK charity 1184317, registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 8 July 2019. Its earlier public purpose concerned AI's impact on work and economic organization. The legal entity later emerged publicly as [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]] in March 2025. The lineage connects questions about automation and [[wiki/Technological Unemployment|technological unemployment]] to later questions about digital minds, but it does not establish that the two programs were substantively identical at every date. ## Relationships - **Successor public identity:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Chair continuity:** [[wiki/Calum Chace|Calum Chace]]. - **Legal form and regulator:** [[wiki/Charitable Incorporated Organisation|CIO]] under the [[wiki/Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]]. - **Conceptual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Economic Singularity|Economic Singularity]], [[wiki/Technological Unemployment|technological unemployment]], and [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|AGI]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [UK Charity Commission — governance, charity 1184317](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5135848/governance)