MIRI Updates
MIRI’s December 2013 Newsletter
Dear friends,We’re still experimenting with our new, ultra-brief newsletter style. Please tell us what you think of it, by replying to this email. Thanks! MIRI’s winter 2013 matching fundraiser is on! All donations made by January 15th will be matched...
Scott Aaronson on Philosophical Progress
Scott Aaronson is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Before that, he did a PhD in computer science at UC Berkeley, as well as postdocs at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the University...
2013 Winter Matching Challenge
Thanks to Peter Thiel, every donation made to MIRI between now and January 15th, 2014 will be matched dollar-for-dollar! Also, gifts from “new large donors” will be matched 3x! That is, if you’ve given less than $5k to SIAI/MIRI ever,...
New Paper: “Predicting AGI: What can we say when we know so little?”
MIRI research associate Benja Fallenstein and UC Berkeley student Alex Mennen have released a new working paper titled “Predicting AGI: What can we say when we know so little?” From the introduction: This analysis does not attempt to predict when...
New Paper: “Racing to the Precipice”
During his time as a MIRI research fellow, Carl Shulman contributed to a paper now available as an FHI technical report: Racing to the Precipice: a Model of Artificial Intelligence Development. Abstract: This paper presents a simple model of an...
MIRI’s November 2013 Newsletter
Dear friends, We’re experimenting with a new, ultra-brief newsletter style. To let us know what you think of it, simply reply to this email. Thanks! News Updates You can now support MIRI for free by shopping at smile.amazon.com instead...
