MIRI Updates
Thanks to the generosity of dozens of donors, on August 15th we successfully completed the largest fundraiser in MIRI’s history. All told, we raised $400,000, which will fund our research going forward. This fundraiser came “right down to the wire.”...
This coming Tuesday, MIRI’s Executive Director Luke Muehlhauser will give a talk at Quixey titled Effective Altruism and the End of the World. If you’re in or near the South Bay, you should come! Snacks will be provided. Time: Tuesday,...
Greetings from the Executive Director Dear friends, My personal thanks to everyone who has contributed to our ongoing fundraiser. We are 74% of the way to our goal! I’ve been glad to hear from many of you that you’re thrilled...
One of the most common objections we hear when talking about artificial general intelligence (AGI) is that “AGI is ill-defined, so you can’t really say much about it.” In an earlier post, I pointed out that we often don’t have...
Benja Fallenstein researches mathematical models of human and animal behavior at Bristol University, as part of the MAD research group and the decision-making research group. Before that, she graduated from University of Vienna with a BSc in Mathematics. In her...
Today we released a new technical report by visiting researcher Katja Grace called “Algorithmic Progress in Six Domains.” The report summarizes data on algorithmic progress – that is, better performance per fixed amount of computing hardware – in six domains:...