MIRI’s May 2014 Newsletter

May 1, 2014 | Luke Muehlhauser | Newsletters

Machine Intelligence Research Institute

On May 6th, there is $250,000+ in matching funds and prizes available from sources that normally wouldn’t contribute to MIRI at all. Details here.

Research Updates

New paper: “The errors, insights, and lessons of famous AI predictions.”
Botworld update with 4 new games, including Prisoner’s Dilemma and Stag Hunt.
12 new expert interviews, including e.g. Suzana Herculano-Houzel on cognitive ability and brain size.

News Updates

Can We Really Upload Johnny Depp’s Brain? (in Slate)
Why MIRI?

Other Updates

Call for Papers: Special Issue. Confronting Future Catastrophic Threats To Humanity
AI Risk, New Executive Summary by Stuart Armstrong
Transcending complacency on superintelligent machines, by Hawking, Tegmark, Russell, and Wilczek

As always, please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Best,

Luke Muehlhauser
Executive Director