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Paul Rosenbloom on Cognitive Architectures

Paul S. Rosenbloom is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California and a project leader at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. He was a key member of USC’s Information Sciences Institute for two decades, leading new directions...

Effective Altruism and Flow-Through Effects

Last month, MIRI research fellow Carl Shulman ((Carl was a MIRI research fellow at the time of the conversation, but left MIRI at the end of August 2013 to study computer science.)) participated in a recorded debate/conversation about effective altruism...

Laurent Orseau on Artificial General Intelligence

Laurent Orseau is an associate professor (maître de conférences) since 2007 at AgroParisTech, Paris, France. In 2003, he graduated from a professional master in computer science at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Rennes and from a research master...

Stephen Hsu on Cognitive Genomics

Stephen Hsu is Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Theoretical Physics at Michigan State University. Educated at Caltech and Berkeley, he was a Harvard Junior Fellow and held faculty positions at Yale and the University of Oregon....

Holden Karnofsky on Transparent Research Analyses

Holden Karnofsky is the co-founder of GiveWell, which finds outstanding giving opportunities and publishes the full details of its analysis to help donors decide where to give. GiveWell tracked ~$9.6 million in donations made on the basis of its recommendations...

Benja Fallenstein on the Löbian Obstacle to Self-Modifying Systems

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...