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Author: Nate Soares

MIRI’s 2015 Winter Fundraiser!

The Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s 2015 winter fundraising drive begins today, December 1! Our current progress:   Donate Now   The drive will run for the month of December, and will help support MIRI’s research efforts aimed at ensuring that...

Our summer fundraising drive is complete!

Our summer fundraising drive is now finished. We raised a grand total of $631,957, from 263 donors. ((That total may change over the next few days if we receive contributions that were initiated before the end the fundraiser.)) This is...

Final fundraiser day: Announcing our new team

Today is the final day of MIRI’s summer fundraising drive, and as of this morning, our total stands at $543,373. Our donors’ efforts have made this fundraiser the biggest one we’ve ever run, and we’re hugely grateful. As our fundraiser...

Powerful planners, not sentient software

Over the past few months, some major media outlets have been spreading concern about the idea that AI might spontaneously acquire sentience and turn against us. Many people have pointed out the flaws with this notion, including Andrew Ng, an...

What Sets MIRI Apart?

Last week, we received several questions from the effective altruist community in response to our fundraising post. Here’s Maxwell Fritz: […] My snap reaction to MIRI’s pitches has typically been, “yeah, AI is a real concern. But I have no...

Target 3: Taking It To The Next Level

One week ago, we hit our first fundraising target. I’m thrilled to announce that we’re now closing in on our second target: our fundraising total passed $400,000 today! As we approach target number two, we’re already taking active steps to...