Perhaps the most accurate media coverage the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) has yet received was a piece by legendary science author Carl Zimmer in Playboy. To give you a sense of how inaccurate most of our media coverage is, here’s a (translated) quote from some coverage of MIRI in a Franco-German documentary: In San… Read more »
Posts By: Luke Muehlhauser
2012 Summer Singularity Challenge Success!
Thanks to the effort of our donors, the 2012 Summer Singularity Challenge has been met! All $150,000 contributed will be matched dollar for dollar by our matching backers, raising a total of $300,000 to fund the Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s operations. We reached our goal near 6pm on July 29th. On behalf of our staff,… Read more »
2012 Summer Singularity Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of several major donors,† every donation to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute made now until July 31, 2012 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $150,000! Donate Now! $0 $37.5K $75K $112.5K $150K Now is your chance to double your impact while helping us raise up to $300,000 to… Read more »
Machine Intelligence Research Institute Progress Report, May 2012
Past progress reports: April 2012, March 2012, February 2012, January 2012, December 2011. Here’s what the Machine Intelligence Research Institute did in May 2012: How to Purchase AI Risk Reduction: Luke wrote a series of posts on how to purchase AI risk reduction, with cost estimates for many specific projects. Some projects are currently in place at… Read more »
Machine Intelligence Research Institute Progress Report, December 2011
“I think the Machine Intelligence Research Institute has some very smart people working on the most important mission on Earth, but… what exactly are they doing these days? I’m in the dark.” There’s a good reason I hear this comment so often. We haven’t done a good job of communicating our progress to our supporters…. Read more »
2011 Summer Matching Challenge Success!
Thanks to the effort of our donors, the 2011 Summer Singularity Challenge has been met! All $125,000 contributed will be matched dollar for dollar by our matching backers, raising a total of $250,000 to fund the Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s operations. We reached our goal two days early, near midnight of August 29th. On behalf… Read more »
New Intelligence Explosion Website
We’ve put together a new website focused on the intelligence explosion concept: IntelligenceExplosion.com. The site is a “landing page” that provides an easy introduction to the topic for laymen and researchers alike. Also see Nick Bostrom’s landing pages for anthropics, the simulation argument, and existential risk.
Announcing the $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of several major donors†, every donation to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute made now until August 31, 2011 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $125,000. Donate now!Now is your chance to double your impact while supporting the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and helping us raise up to $250,000… Read more »
