MIRI Updates
David Cook on the VV&A process
Dr. David A. Cook is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches Software Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, and Enterprise Security. Prior to this, he was Senior Research Scientist and Principal Member of the...
Robert Constable on correct-by-construction programming
Robert L. Constable heads the Nuprl research group in automated reasoning and software verification, and joined the Cornell faculty in 1968. He has supervised over forty PhD students in computer science, including the very first graduate of the CS department....
Armando Tacchella on Safety in Future AI Systems
Armando Tacchella is Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Genoa. He obtained his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Genoa in 2001 and his “Laurea” (M.Sc equivalent) in...
Anders Sandberg on Space Colonization
Anders Sandberg works at the Future of Humanity Institute, a part of the Oxford Martin School and the Oxford University philosophy faculty. Anders’ research at the FHI centres on societal and ethical issues surrounding human enhancement, estimating the capabilities and...
The world’s distribution of computation (initial findings)
What is the world’s current distribution of computation, and what will it be in the future? This question is relevant to several issues in AGI safety strategy. To name just three examples: If a large government or corporation wanted...
Nik Weaver on Paradoxes of Rational Agency
Nik Weaver is a professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. He did his graduate work at Harvard and Berkeley and received his Ph.D. in 1994. His main interests are functional analysis, quantization, and the foundations of mathematics....
