MIRI’s September Newsletter

Thanks to the generosity of 100+ donors, we successfully completed our 2014 summer matching challenge on August 15th, raising more than $400,000 total for our research program. Our deepest thanks to all our supporters!

Research updates

New paper: “Exploratory engineering in artificial intelligence.”
2 new analyses: “Groundwork for AGI safety engineering” and “Loosemore on AI safety and attractors.”

News updates

MIRI is running an online reading group for Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence. Join the discussion here!
MIRI participated in the 2014 Effective Altruism Summit. Slides from our talks are available here.

Other updates

Nick Bostrom is touring the US and Europe to discuss Superintelligence. Dates are available on his website. He visits Berkeley on September 12th; details here.
Paul Christiano and Katja Grace have launched a new website containing many analyses related to the long-term future of AI: AI Impacts.
Paul Christiano has published several additional analyses closely related to MIRI’s Friendly AI interests: “Three impacts of machine intelligence,” “Approval-seeking [agents],” “Straightforward vs. goal-oriented communication,” “Specifying a human precisely,” “Specifying enlightened judgment precisely,” “Challenges for extrapolation,” and “Confronting Gödelian difficulties.”
The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI Foom Debate continues with Hanson’s post “I Still Don’t Get Foom.”

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

Best,

Luke Muehlhauser
Executive Director

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