MIRI Updates
2014 Summer Matching Challenge Completed!
Thanks to the generosity of 100+ donors, today we successfully completed our 2014 summer matching challenge, raising more than $400,000 total for our research program. Our deepest thanks to all our supporters! Also, Jed McCaleb’s new crypto-currency Stellar was launched...
MIRI’s recent effective altruism talks
MIRI recently participated in the 2014 Effective Altruism Retreat and Effective Altruism Summit organized by Leverage Research. We gave four talks, participated in a panel, and held “office hours” during which people could stop by and ask us questions. The...
Groundwork for AGI safety engineering
Improvements in AI are resulting in the automation of increasingly complex and creative human behaviors. Given enough time, we should expect artificial reasoners to begin to rival humans in arbitrary domains, culminating in artificial general intelligence (AGI). A machine would...
MIRI’s August 2014 newsletter
Dear friends, Our summer matching challenge is underway! Every donation made to MIRI between now and August 15th, 2014 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $200,000! Please donate now to help support our research! Research Updates May...
Scott Frickel on intellectual movements
Scott Frickel is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Institute for the Study of Environment and Society at Brown University. His research interweaves sociological analysis with environmental studies and science and technology studies. Prior to coming to Brown...
Nick Bostrom to speak about Superintelligence at UC Berkeley
MIRI has arranged for Nick Bostrom to discuss his new book — Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies — on the UC Berkeley campus on September 12th. Bostrom is the director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, and is...
