January 2015 Newsletter

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Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Thanks to the generosity of 80+ donors, we completed our winter 2014 matching challenge, raising $200,000 for our research program. Many, many thanks to all who contributed!

Research Updates

News Updates

Other Updates

  • Eric Horvitz has provided initial funding for a 100-year Stanford program to study the social impacts of artificial intelligence. The white paper lists 18 example research areas, two of which amount to what Nick Bostrom calls the superintelligence control problem, MIRI’s research focus. No word yet on how soon anyone funded through this program will study open questions relevant to superintelligence control.

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

Best,
Luke Muehlhauser
Executive Director