MIRI Updates
January 2022 Newsletter
MIRI updates MIRI's $1.2 million Visible Thoughts Project bounty now has an FAQ, and an example of a successful partial run that you can use to inform your own runs. Scott Alexander reviews the first part of the Yudkowsky/Ngo debate. See also Richard...
December 2021 Newsletter
MIRI is offering $200,000 to build a dataset of AI-dungeon-style writing annotated with the thoughts used in the writing process, and an additional $1,000,000 for scaling that dataset an additional 10x: the Visible Thoughts Project. Additionally, MIRI is in the...
Ngo’s view on alignment difficulty
This post features a write-up by Richard Ngo on his views, with inline comments. Color key: Chat Google Doc content Inline comments 13. Follow-ups to the Ngo/Yudkowsky conversation 13.1. Alignment...
Conversation on technology forecasting and gradualism
This post is a transcript of a multi-day discussion between Paul Christiano, Richard Ngo, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rob Bensinger, Holden Karnofsky, Rohin Shah, Carl Shulman, Nate Soares, and Jaan Tallinn, following up on the Yudkowsky/Christiano debate in 1, 2, 3,...
More Christiano, Cotra, and Yudkowsky on AI progress
This post is a transcript of a discussion between Paul Christiano, Ajeya Cotra, and Eliezer Yudkowsky (with some comments from Rob Bensinger, Richard Ngo, and Carl Shulman), continuing from 1, 2, and 3. Color key: Chat by Paul...
Shulman and Yudkowsky on AI progress
This post is a transcript of a discussion between Carl Shulman and Eliezer Yudkowsky, following up on a conversation with Paul Christiano and Ajeya Cotra. Color key: Chat by Carl and Eliezer Other chat 9.14. Carl Shulman’s...