MIRI Updates
June 2016 Newsletter
Research updates New paper: “Safely Interruptible Agents.” The paper will be presented at UAI-16, and is a collaboration between Laurent Orseau of Google DeepMind and Stuart Armstrong of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) and MIRI; see FHI’s press release....
New paper: “Safely interruptible agents”
Google DeepMind Research Scientist Laurent Orseau and MIRI Research Associate Stuart Armstrong have written a new paper on error-tolerant agent designs, “Safely interruptible agents.” The paper is forthcoming at the 32nd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. Abstract: Reinforcement learning...
May 2016 Newsletter
Research updates Two new papers split logical uncertainty into two distinct subproblems: “Uniform Coherence” and “Asymptotic Convergence in Online Learning with Unbounded Delays.” New at IAFF: An Approach to the Agent Simulates Predictor Problem; Games for Factoring Out Variables; Time...
A new MIRI research program with a machine learning focus
I’m happy to announce that MIRI is beginning work on a new research agenda, “value alignment for advanced machine learning systems.” Half of MIRI’s team — Patrick LaVictoire, Andrew Critch, and I — will be spending the bulk of our...
New papers dividing logical uncertainty into two subproblems
I’m happy to announce two new technical results related to the problem of logical uncertainty, perhaps our most significant results from the past year. In brief, these results split the problem of logical uncertainty into two distinct subproblems, each of...
April 2016 Newsletter
Research updates A new paper: “Parametric Bounded Löb’s Theorem and Robust Cooperation of Bounded Agents“ New at IAFF: What Does it Mean for Correct Operation to Rely on Transfer Learning?; Virtual Models of Virtual AIs in Virtual Worlds General updates...
