MIRI has a long history of thinking about how to make the arrival of smarter-than-human intelligence go well. With trends in this field increasingly pointing to disaster, in early 2024 MIRI announced a strategy shift: We would communicate our understanding...
In 2023, MIRI has shifted focus in the direction of broad public communication—see, for example, our recent TED talk, our piece in TIME magazine “Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down”, and our appearances on...
(Update Jan. 12, 2022: We released an FAQ last month, with more details. Last updated Jan. 7.) (Update Jan. 19, 2022: We now have an example of a successful partial run, which you can use to inform how you do...
I’m thrilled to announce two major donations to MIRI! First, a long-time supporter has given MIRI by far our largest donation ever: $2.5 million per year over the next four years, and an additional ~$5.6 million in 2025. This...
MIRI’s 2020 has been a year of experimentation and adjustment. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we largely moved our operations to more rural areas in March, and shifted to a greater emphasis on remote work. We took the opportunity...
