This coming Tuesday, MIRI’s Executive Director Luke Muehlhauser will give a talk at Quixey titled Effective Altruism and the End of the World. If you’re in or near the South Bay, you should come! Snacks will be provided. Time: Tuesday, August 20th. Doors open at 7:30pm. Talk starts at 8pm. Q&A starts at 8:30pm. Place: Quixey Headquarters, 278… Read more »
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Yudkowsky on Logical Uncertainty
A paraphrased transcript of a conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky. Interviewer: I’d love to get a clarification from you on one of the “open problems in Friendly AI.” The logical uncertainty problem that Benja Fallenstein tackled had to do with having uncertainty over logical truths that an agent didn’t have enough computation power to deduce. But: I’ve heard… Read more »
Yudkowsky on “What can we do now?”
A paraphrased transcript of a conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky. Interviewer: Suppose you’re talking to a smart mathematician who looks like the kind of person who might have the skills needed to work on a Friendly AI team. But, he says, “I understand the general problem of AI risk, but I just don’t believe that you… Read more »
January 2013 Newsletter
Greetings from the Executive Director Dear friends of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, It’s been just over one year since I took the reins at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Looking back, I must say I’m proud of what we accomplished in the last year. Consider the “top priorities for 2011-2012” from our August 2011… Read more »
