MIRI Updates
Edge.org contributors discuss the future of AI
In January, nearly 200 public intellectuals submitted essays in response to the 2015 Edge.org question, “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” (available online). The essay prompt began: In recent years, the 1980s-era philosophical discussions about artificial intelligence (AI)—whether...
New report: “Leó Szilárd and the Danger of Nuclear Weapons”
Today we release a new report by Katja Grace, “Leó Szilárd and the Danger of Nuclear Weapons: A Case Study in Risk Mitigation” (PDF, 72pp). Leó Szilárd has been cited as an example of someone who predicted a highly disruptive...
October 2015 Newsletter
Research updates New paper: Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty and The Benford Test New at IAFF: Proof Length and Logical Counterfactuals Revisited; Quantilizers Maximize Expected Utility Subject to a Conservative Cost Constraint General updates As a way to engage more researchers in...
New paper: “Asymptotic logical uncertainty and the Benford test”
We have released a new paper on logical uncertainty, co-authored by Scott Garrabrant, Siddharth Bhaskar, Abram Demski, Joanna Garrabrant, George Koleszarik, and Evan Lloyd: “Asymptotic logical uncertainty and the Benford test.” Garrabrant gives some background on his approach to logical...
September 2015 Newsletter
Research updates New analyses: When AI Accelerates AI; Powerful Planners, Not Sentient Software New at AI Impacts: Research Bounties; AI Timelines and Strategies New at IAFF: Uniform Coherence 2; The Two-Update Problem Andrew Critch, a CFAR cofounder, mathematician, and former...
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...
